Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

Hi. I moved into my apartment in July of 2010. I signed a lease with a property manager and was informed the next month that a different one had taken over the complex. The names on the lease are those of the old property manager and have nothing to do with the new ones. There is no mention of a bank owning it in the lease. I contacted the new managers and they say the lease is still binding. I would like to move because the new managers are not very friendly. I have not signed a new lease with them. Is the prior lease still binding?


Asked on 2/01/11, 7:33 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Andrew Solomon Law Office of Andrew A. Solomon

In all probabiity, the lease was assignable. This means that the original owner had the right to assign or transfer the lease to another owner or property manager. So long as the new property manager abides the terms of the original lease, the lease remains valid and binding. The only possibility, and I doubt you will find it, is a term in the original lease specifically preventing the landlord's assignment of the lease or the hiring of a new property management company.

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Answered on 2/02/11, 7:20 pm


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