Landlord Tenant Negotiation Summary

As it often happens, there may come a time during a tenancy when a landlord tenant dispute arises. These disputes can pop up over many different issues including lease agreements, tenant rights, responsibility for repairs to the property, rent, eviction, and more. It is unfortunate that not all landlord and tenant disputes can be settled by a simple conversation between both parties to the lease. While many people in the U.S. are homeowners a great many other people live as tenants in various types of rental residences. Even though tenants don’t actually own their rental residences they do receive certain tenancy rights similar in some ways to ownership rights. Tenants of rental residences and their landlords also have responsibilities to each
However, in order to accomplish this, he must go through the process as outlined by the applicable state laws regarding the situation. In these statues the steps involved in the eviction process is very detailed, and failure to comply with these policies my lead to a breach of contract which could leave the landlord exposed to a subsequent lawsuit. For this reason, before Larry could take any action to evict Roger he should pay close attention to any laws in the state so as to ensure he did not violate any of the tenants’ rights. In Roger’s situation, he may be liable to pay for the damaged wall as it was a result of his angry reaction rather than by any action of the landlord. Even though he felt that is anger was induced by Larry’s response to the leak in the ceiling, it was his own fault he lashed out and damaged the wall and surrounding
The primary responsibility of the landlord is to offer a habitable dwelling which includes them responding to any request for needed repairs on the property. If the property is suffering from such damage such as a leaking roof, the landlord is, therefore, responsible for any damages to the renter’s property caused by water damage from this leak. While Larry would more than likely be held responsible for the entire cost of this damage, he can argue that Roger failing to keep up his end of the rental agreement caused his angry outburst. This could, in turn, have the damage considered as a proximate cause of Rogers’ negligence as he acted out of anger to the situation and did willfully mean to damage the wall and surrounding area. Under this interpretation of the law, he may, in turn be able to share the cost