Unfortunately, the fact that your personal circumstances forced you to sign a lease in a hurry would not give you legal grounds to terminate....

The court will not get involved until someone files a lawsuit. If the landlord sues you for unlawful detainer, you would need to timely file a...

Rent is generally owed through the date of termination. If you owe rent, the landlord is entitled to serve a pay or quit notice. If the...

Co-tenants do not have the right to evict one another, and there is no such thing as majority rules in this situation. Moreover, if the tenancy...

Your post is a bit unclear - did the building ever have a functioning elevator? Of was it always just stairs? The owners of pre-ADA buildings...

I suggest that you immediately complain to the local code enforcement agency, since it is the responsibility of your landlord to promptly deal with...

Death usually terminates a month-to-month tenancy. See Civil Code Section 1934. Such a termination normally also terminates the occupancy rights...

Death usually terminates a month-to-month tenancy. See Civil Code Section 1934. Such a termination normally also terminates the occupancy rights...

From your description, you may well have grounds to evict for waste, etc. However, if you accepted rent after learning of the tenant misconduct,...

If you mean late fees, they are generally invalid in Cal. residential tenancies. Orozco v. Casimiro (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th Supp. 7, 12.