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By: Colleen | March 12, 2008 | Category: General

While out of town over the weekend I received a most disturbing phone call from my roommate. In the elevator of our apartmentapartment building building she overheard two other girls talking about how they were being forced to move out due to renovations that would occur shortly. Nervous, my roommate went to the leasing office where they gave her some run-around story about our building being completely re-done and that we'll need to move out sometime in the next three months. This is more than a little sketchy seeing as we signed a lease that runs through August.

We immediately got out our copy of the rental agreement to see what it said about early termination of the lease by both the tenant and the rental agency. What we found was a lot of legal jargon neither of us quite understood. Luckily for us, my sister is an attorney and she offered to take a professional look at our situation.

In the meantime, before I become homeless, I decided to consult the Consumer Action Handbook for advice. Here I found out that each state has its own tenant rights, laws, and protections. For a state-by-state directory visit http://www.hud.gov/local.

The reality of the whole deal is I'm going to have to do something I hate more than seeing the Red Sox win the World Series - move.

I must say, I've been kicked out of far better. Has anyone been caught in a similar situation? Any advice?

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blue comment bubble Posted by Johnny X on March 25, 2008 at 11:26 AM EDT

It happened to me once, but it wasn't much of an inconvenience because it forced me to get an apartment closer to my job. However, there were a number of elderly residents in my building who were greatly inconvenienced.

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