Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

Moved out because of Sexual Harassment & Assault by neighbor
We were due to sign a new lease
starting November 1st, the landlord
sent an email asking us we if were
renewing for another year and that
he would work on the lease and we
could get together to sign it, the
lease officially ended October 31st.
About a week later a neighbor tried
to touch me and made a sexual
comment. Landlord did nothing
about it.
Landlord is now saying since we
didn't give 60 days notice no money
is due back to us (he got 1st, last and
security when we moved in 2 yrs
ago) We had paid November's rent
and moved the 15th and had the
place totally clean by the 20th with
keys returned (when he finally
responded to me) by the 30th. He
said if he can rent within 60 days of
us moving he will return money to
us, we feel with the situation as it
was we should be getting our money
back as we were in an unsafe
situation, as the neighbor was
constantly stalking me and would
come out and try to approach me
when I was outside. We
wrote to tell the landlord we would be
moving and they didn't respond but 2
hours later saw our apartment listed
on craigslist, so knew they accepted.

Asked on 1/10/09, 1:07 pm

John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

0 users found helpful

0 attorneys agreed

Re: Moved out because of Sexual Harassment & Assault by neighbor

The landlord has no duty to protect you from the neighbor's improper advances. Besides it has nothing to do with your landlord.

It would be hard to say what your entitled to without seeing the lease. The question is did the lease automatically renew or not.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me. The initial consultation is free.

{John}

Answered on 1/10/09, 3:39 pm

Keywords

Match Any Match All

Country

State

Area of Law