How to pre qualify potential tenants

Under section 13 of the Housing Act 1988 the landlord can issue a section 13 notice. This notice must be in the required form, and must contain information on the proposed rent increase, and the date from which the increase will take effect. This notice must be properly given to the tenant and must give them sufficient notice of the change in rent.

Landlord-tenant issues are common, and there are many effective and fair ways to deal with them. When a disagreement between landlord and tenant arises, the first piece of paper to consult is the lease. The lease, which both parties have signed, lays out what conditions the landlord and tenant have both agreed to, and can help determine who is right and who is wrong. However, the lease is not always the be-all-end-all in these issues.

What if after I provided my old landlord with a security deposit, the old landlord transferred the property to a new landlord, and now the new landlord is claiming that I never provided a security deposit?

Pursuant to Rhode Island law you can send them a notice asking them to terminate the offending behavior within 20 days. If they do not terminate the offending behavior, then you are able to file an eviction against them. These types of evictions are lengthy and you must prove that you sent the notice and that the tenant did not comply with the notice after receiving the notice. If the tenant is a month-to-month tenant, then it is better to terminate the offending tenant's tenancy rather than go through the above-described process.

Yes. The Residential Landlord and Tenant Act requires that a non-resident Landlord/Owner file certain documents with the City or Town and the Secretary of State that designates an agent within the State of Rhode Island. . Landlord/Owner that fail to comply may be subject to a fine up to $500.00. Additionally, until the Landlord/Owner has complied, rent for the dwelling abates.

Disability discrimination is the main type of discrimination which is most likely to be relevant to landlords. This is an area in which it is very easy for people who are not well informed to discriminate inadvertently and accidentally by not considering the needs and requirements of disabled people.

Whenever a fixed term tenancy ends, if the landlord has not given notice to quit to the tenant or if the tenant remains in the property, a periodic tenancy will be created. This rolls on from month to month until it is terminated by either party. If the fixed term tenancy was governed by a written tenancy agreement, this may specify the length of the period, although in the absence of this it will usually be a periodic monthly tenancy.

Under section 13 of the Housing Act 1988 the landlord may issue a section 13 notice. This notice must be in the required form, and must contain information on the proposed rent increase, and the date from which the increase will take effect. This notice must be properly served on the tenant and must give him sufficient notice of the change in rent.

The type of discrimination which is most likely to be relevant to landlords is disability discrimination. This is an area in which it is very easy for people who are not well informed to discriminate inadvertently and accidentally by not considering the needs and requirements of disabled people.

In order to keep this article applicable to all readers, I will focus this discussion on law common to most states. Please keep in mind that some states have laws that add an extra layer of rights for the tenant. Also keep in mind that I am focusing the discussion on residential tenant law; there are several sources on the internet discussing commercial tenant law.

Landlord and Tenant Law states out the principles that govern that interact between landlord and tenants. The purpose behind them is to ensure that there is smooth communication between the landlord and the tenant.