landlord tenancy-rules
Are there any repercussions for my landlord having us sign the wrong lease?
<p>When we moved in to our current house our landlord said our lease would be a year to year lease. We recently found out that they are selling the building and our housing situation isn't concrete anymore because it turns out our lease is a month to month instead. We asked the landlord to fix the issue and send us a new lease to sign but they are refusing to do so. Is there anything we can do about this situation?</p>

<h2>You signed the lease</h2>
<p>In general, this is definitive of your intention to have a month-to-month lease.</p>
<p>Any correspondence that you have prior to you signing that you wanted or even agreed on a yearly lease is only evidence that such things formed part of the negotiations but, for whatever reasons, what was ultimately agreed was a month-to-month lease.</p>
<p>If you can prove <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrepresentation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">misrepresentation</a> you might be able to get what you want but the usual remedy is recission (ending) of the contract, not a change to the contract. However, given that the type of lease is such a fundamental feature and is usually prominent on the document, proving you were misled rather than agreeing to a month-by-month lease will be difficult.</p>

<p>Depending on the state, depends on how much tenant protection you have. Eviction process and notice regulations can be months out. So yes it is not a yearly lease, but depending on state, this may not matter much. Check your local town/city laws, and your state laws for tenant bill of rights.</p>
