ANY NEW YORK STATE LAWYERS OUT THERE?  How can I break my lease if I am now on Social Security Disability?
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It's not what you want to hear, but, your medical condition has no legal effect on your lease.\n\nStudent loan expenses are another issue. Contact the people who have your loan about consolidation and the income contingent program.
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You'll have to go by whatever you agreed to in your lease.  Your only other option is to try to talk to the landlord to see if they are willing to make any concessions.  Good luck.
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I have a relative that lived in Ny.  They were going throught the same things with Wells Fargo.  However, it took them almost a year before they had to move out.  I would give the tenant notice of the problem as soon as possible.
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contact the state tax department and ask for a Certificate of Authority. I think you can apply online but I am not sure  check out the NYS offical site
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It depends on Indiana state law.\n\nIn Texas, a landlord can give notice for any reason other than discrimination based on a protected class. \n\nBy the way, being disabled makes them part of a protected class.  If there is any way to prove that they are being discriminated against based on their disabilities, you could go to court over it federally.\n\nIf I were you I would check out the local tenant's council if there is one or contact the Indiana version of TREC (Texas Real Estate Commission).  The governmental entities presiding over that type of law are generally helpful pointing you to the relevant laws for your situation.
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I know that in NY you can. Call your local dept of social services, they can probably answer that for you.
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Many things depend on where you live and in what state you reside. There are different places available based on a city inside a state as well. If you are on governement benefits from a disability or the like, then you should immediately seek help from an organization of the state you live in for assistance in retaining those benefits while finding a place to live. \n\nMany agencies (non-profit, not government) have programs for those that are homeless or are about to be homeless. Those programs can assist you in finding a residence, keeping your benefits and assisting you in finding help for your drinking if you want that too. \n\nCheck your local yellow pages for homeless shelters and social workers in those shelters, explain your situation and seek out the help. \n\nI wish you the best of luck.
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You probably have to be more specific to get a uauful answer.  Are you asking about "palimony?" Tenant/landlord law? (In which case you should say if you are in NYC or not.) Child custody issues?  Visitation rights in the hospital? Inheritance rights?  These are all address differently, in diffreent places in the law.
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Speaking from personal experience, a broken lease can follow you even if the current management is okay with it.\n\nMy best advice is to not break a lease if you can possibly avoid it.  Failing that, find someone to take your place in the unit to make the management happy and try to get some sort of note of release in writing from the management.\n\nIf your credit report is clear, other apartments will contact your past landlords for rental history.  If you owe them money from a broken lease, apartments have the right (and many do) submit any owed monies to collection agencies which will then appear on your credit.\n\nMake sure you get a note in writing saying that is okay if you do decide to go.  That can be submitted to a credit agency as proof against a claim.
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My roomate is blind and on SSI. He makes some money at his work but not enough to pay even half of rent and bills (I pay the other half). Life would be next to impossible for him without it.
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Every state has different laws, but I have never heard of one that allows you to get out of the lease because you move out of the area.  You can check on your state's web site for regulations regarding rentals though!\n\nYou may be better off paying the one month left on the lease and getting your deposit back than losing 2 months and the deposit.  There isn't much you can do about it  :(\n\n:(  sorry!\n\nGood luck with the new job!
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Yes, you can first give notice to the owner of the problem. I would give 10 day, then tell them this is stressful for you, causing you depression, fear, and anything else you are experiencing.  Then tell them if this situation can not be stopped you will be moving on ___________date and expect your security deposit back with references.  Of couse, the state law would need to be looked up just to be sure.  Go to Tenant Landlord Law for ___________state.?
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Go to the RRA... Renters Rights Association. They will handle it! They eat that kinda crap up... I know cuz I have been an apartment manager b4 and the owners where total asses... there was so many things i couldnt do after the tentants were promised things by the owners then went back on em... good luck
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Sounds like you are in a pretty tough spot. Sorry.\n\nI don't know what state you live in, but it may have State Disability Insurance. Even if you don't qualify for S.S.I. you may qualify for Social Security Disability (S.S.D.) or if that doesn't pan out.\n\nThere is probably a good chance your state has Disability Insurance, and you need to apply for that A.S.A.P.\n\nYou need to contact both agencies.  Social Security and your State Disability agency.  Try to find someone who has been thru the system.  Because a lot of times, the good people who work at these places don't tell you a lot of stuff that might help you get on disability insurance.\n\nI'd also do a Google search on the topic, it might include information that would be useful.\n\n               Good Luck!
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speak to the landlord to see if the lease can be modified
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What does your lease say?. This should outline your rights for showing. Perhaps another neutral party may assist or you may need to retain an attorney and place them on notice that you will show subject to notice etc.
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I just took a look at that "free" standard agreement, and there are a boatload of problems with it.  My office gets landlords in all the time who have managed to screw themselves royally with those free forms, Staples leases, landlord.com crap, etc...  \n\nMany clauses in those leases are unenforceable because they go against state or local law.  People can't sign away their rights.  It just doesn't work that way.  Those agreements aren't written with your best interests in mind nor do they protect you or your rights in many instances.   They are like sugar pills ... you feel all secure but in reality it's worthless. \n\nThis lease doesn't include the all important term "right of reentry" which allows you to legally reclaim the unit using the notices and causes for eviction provided by the laws of your state if the tenant fails to abide by the terms of the lease. If you didn't reserve the "right of reentry" in your lease, you have given up your right to evict for anything other than non-payment of rent.   \n\nSome other problems with this lease:\n\n"A finance charge of up to 10% of rent not paid will be automatically charged to the Tenant’s account after the fifth day of the month."   Many places have laws that limit the amount of late fee that can be charged, no matter what the lease says.  This amount may or may not be legal where you are.  And many states have laws (either statutory or case) that protect people who are on pensions and such from being charged late fees at all if their checks are issued on the 5th or whatever.\n\n"If the tenant’s rent is past due and the landlord exercises his legal right to seek a judgment against the tenant in court, a $xxx fee shall apply in addition to court costs, late fees and rent due." That's basically a usury charge, and I'll bet it's unenforceable in almost every state. \n\nAlso this lease doesn't state that the court costs or late fees are considered "additional rent", and as such you probably won't be able to claim them on a non-payment complaint. \n\n"If the tenant abandons the property, the landlord may enter and relet the property. In this case, the landlord may also remove and dispose of any personal property left behind by the tenant."  Want to get sued?  You need to take legal action to regain posession of the apartment, and you must follow the law in your area regarding abandoned property.  You can't just toss it out.  Let's say your tenant disappears.  You think he abandoned the place, dump his stuff and re-rent the unit.  Your tenant shows up in a month or two and guess what?  YOU are the one in trouble.  You didn't regain legal posession of the apartment.  Those people are living in his apartment.  You threw out his stuff.  You are going to pay for this through the nose, and the few hundred dollars he owes you will be deducted from the thousands of dollars you will owe him.   We had one tenant as a client who was wrongfully detained for over a month in a foreign jail while on vacation.  He  came back to find new people in his place and all his stuff gone.  The settlement our office got for him was probably twice what most people reading this make in a year.  The landlord could easily have avoided this by taking the legal steps required to reclaim the unit and by placing the tenants belongings in storage as required under the law. \n\n" will return the balance within 30 days. The tenant must give the landlord written notice of the tenant’s new address or make other arrangements with the landlord for the return of the security deposit."   If state law say you have fewer days, then that's all you have.  In many places, if you don't return the deposit or a written statement why it is not being returned (unpaid rent, damage, etc) within the time frame allowed by law, the tenant is awarded 2 or 3 times the amount of the deposit.