Is it legal for my roommate who is also my landlord, to move her boyfriend into the house without speaking to the other tenants?
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Is it legal for my roommate who is also my landlord, to move her boyfriend into the house without speaking to the other tenants?
I have spoken to my landlord many times regarding the peaceful enjoyment clause of the lease, and yet still there has been nothing done. I recorded our conversation once and she agreed that yes it was too loud. And now, she has given her boyfriend a key to the house where she (landlord) and 4 tenants live without telling any of the tenants. I mean we all had background checks, and now he can move in without speaking to any of us? When I signed the lease I signed up to live with 4 girls – not 4 girls and her boyfriend.
Asked on December 29, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Minnesota
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You say that your landlord yourself lives there, too--if so, then she can most likely do this. That's because in that case, you are not leasing the whole house from the landlord (in which case, she would have no right to herself use it, or put someone else into it), but are non-exclusively leasing space in it. Since the way you and the others are leasing is non-exclusive, and the landlord herself lives there, she is free to put her boyfriend into any space in the house which is not itself specifically leased by someone (i.e. she can't move him into a tenant's room).
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