If everyone signed the lease as co-tenants, as opposed to there being separate rental agreements with each person, then each co-tenant was/is...

Since you have an unexpired fixed-term lease, the landlord would usually have no right to force you out until after the lease expires (and even...

If your rental agreement prohibits smoking, such a violation would normally only provide grounds for serving you a cure or quit notice - not...

You can certainly write such a letter, and hiring a local landlord-tenant attorney to do it could be beneficial. From your description, the...

You can certainly write such a letter, and hiring a local landlord-tenant attorney to do it could be beneficial. From your description, the...

Civil Code Section 1950.5 only applies to deposits, as defined in that law. If the landlord takes too long, you can always sue in small claims court.

There is no such "7 month rule." Your landlord has a legal duty to promptly and effectively deal with this issue. See e.g. Civil Code Sections...

Although you never signed a lease, it sounds like you were a month to month tenant. If you wanted to leave earlier than the 60 days specified...

The bio-hazard may well constitute a violation of the implied warranty of habitability, a nuisance, etc., and if the City has ordered a cleanup,...

Even if Compton doesn't have rent control, the tenancy could - depending on the facts - be subject to AB 1482. If so, then the landlord can't...