Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Texas

my apartment is being renovated. my landlord is telling me i have to find somewhere to stay for a whole month. shouldn't they have to be the once to place me somewhere?


Asked on 8/26/10, 12:42 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

If you have a lease that you're current on, you have the right to occupy the premises, and you don't have to leave. Tell your landlord I said so.

If he wants you to be somewhere else for a month, you should talk to the local hotels, get a price for staying there 30 days, and tell your landlord that if he wants you to live somewhere else for a month, he has to give you $2,100.00 in advance to pay for the hotel.

But read the lease, just in case it has a special paragraph entitled "In Case We Have to Renovate."

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Answered on 8/31/10, 3:33 pm


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