Get to Know your Rights as a Renter

As an occupant, when you enter a lease contract agreement in United States, you automatically have the rights and obligations approved by the following laws and statues- The Housing Act of 1988, The Family Law Act of 1996, The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1985 and The Protection from Eviction of 1977.
In a fundamental manner, these laws state that each occupant has the following rights-

1. No one is allowed to enter one's rented premises without due permission from the person with authority. It also tells that even the owner must ask permission before he can enter the rented premises. The main objective of this is to preserve the retreat of the occupant. As an occupant, he is at liberty to have a hushed and fashionable satisfaction of his property.

2. As a renter, he is also entitled to avail accommodations such as hot and cold water supply, heating facility, ventilation, toilet facility and drainage system. The maintenance of the place he is renting out must be taken care of the owner; it must be similar to that stipulation when the first contract was signed by both parties. The occupant is permitted to a repayment, if the money spent for the maintenance of the property came from his own pocket. The occupant must make a notification to the owner upon planning to repair some parts of the property.

3. The occupant's lease contract is 4 years or longer. Again, there must be a notification to the owner should the occupant wishes to rent the place for an even longer period. Four years, being the maximum from the time signing of lease contract is done; or at least a month before the lease contract expires. The owner must definitely honor this agreement.

But the proprietor has also the following preferences in the lease contract-
• Mandatory eviction- this occurs when- 1) the proprietor wishes to live in the land. 2) The proprietor has gone penniless and the property is being recuperated. 3) The occupant has leasing debts of more than two months.

• Discretionary eviction - the proprietor can ask the court to expel the occupant in the event of the latter evasions in his leasing cost, or have some other defiance of the lease contract.

4. Effective January 2009, all homes for lease must have Building Energy Rating (BER) for the potential occupants to evaluate energy consumption of the house for lease.

5. The occupant is unrestricted to a definite minimum time of notification upon expiration of contract; but in case of recouping of property; the occupant can be ejected without more ado.
All of the above are prescribed by law, excluding cases where the occupant lives with the property-owner in his home itself. Occupant will have reduced rights in this kind of situation. Property-owner can expel the occupant even without order from the court. It can be made in as instant as seven days.

Fixed with these rights, the occupant has also the following duties to carry out-

1. Maintain the property in fine condition like when it was delegated to him by his proprietor.

2. The occupant must make his rental payment dutifully.

3. The occupant must also inform the property-owner of all the people he will be bringing to the house.

4. Furthermore, all illegal dealings in the property are strictly prohibited.

5. Occupant is obliged to follow all terms and conditions stated in the contract.

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