I rented a house and after I signed the lease and moved in, the landlord presented me with a second contract and list of HOA rules?
That says I'll follow a bunch of rudiculous rules and pay fines if I don't.
After reading through them, I told him I couldn't comply with all of these and that this shoild have been presented before I signed a lease and moved in. I told him I'm unwilling to sign it.
Now he gave me a 3 day notice to sign the additional agreement or quit and move out, but he still expects me to pay rent until he gets it re-rented.
Can he actually evict me for this? If I move out, would I actually be on the hook for rent until he finds a new tenant? I feel like he hid this from me because the hoa rules are unreasonable.
Anonymous2021-04-07T00:51:27Z
This is a bit of an impossible situation for him, because as an owner he is bound by the HOA rules and that makes him responsible for his guests'/tenants' violations. He shouldn't have let you get that far but can't let you stay unless you play by rules he can't control. Since the unreasonable demand was not disclosed before you signed the lease is fraudulent and void. But check with an attorney on that. ;)
I'm just guessing on this one, though its an educated guess.
You have to follow the hoa rules same as everyone else but there is no contract you would have to sign about this. Assuming he just made up with 2nd contract, he can't evict you for failing to sign it.
I would tell him that you'd be happy to leave if he refunds your deposit immediately as well as any rent for time you were not there (if this is true - otherwise just tell him you are neither signing the new contract or leaving). Otherwise you will go to eviction court and explain to the judge that you were not made aware of the 2nd contract beforehand and I assume the judge will force the landlord to refund this money (or else toss out the eviction).
It will depend on exactly what those rules are and why you feel they are "unreasonable". If you weren't given a clear understanding of what ANY rules would be before signing that lease, then I think you may have a case for moving without financial penalties--but you really didn't give us enough details to be able to tell you anything more. I have no idea if you can be evicted--it would depend on the circumstances. He obviously was trying to keep you from seeing these additional regulations before you signed--which is not legal. But other than that, we can't give you further info.