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Is drug usage a legit reason for breaking a lease?
My husband and I moved into a place on 3/1. This was a roommate situation where our roommate was our landlord. He wrote out an agreement for us to pay $600 a month with a $300 deposit, which we paid. We had been planning on staying until August 1st. We soon found out he used a lot of pot. And he wasn't discreet about it. He would leave it sitting out in plain sight for everyone to see. I attend a Christian college and had I been caught there I could have gotten kicked out. So we informed him on 3/29 that we were moving on 4/1. No, that's not 30 days notice, but the drug usage was ridiculous. There were no damages to the room and when my husband asked him about our deposit, he said he would give it back. We moved and now he's refusing to give us our rent, trying to say that we asked him for the drugs and everything else. I just wanted to know if we had a legitimate excuse for leaving early with the drug usage. We live in Virginia if that makes a difference. We just want to know what options we have for court purposes.
I guess maybe I should explain that the "landlord" in this situation doesn't own the property. He is renting from a company and we were renting from him. Also, the lease really didn't say anything except we were paying him $600 a month. The lease cannot be located by either party (there was only one copy written out on a piece of notebook paper) so I can't really even say for sure whether it said month to month until August or if it said a 6 month lease.
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- linkus86Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
You have no legal claim.
The landlord doing drugs in his own property is not a valid reason for you to break your lease, unless the lease prohibited drug use or anything illicit. When you did, you forfeited your claim to your deposit. Legally speaking your landlord has every right to pursue you in court for all unpaid rent through the end of August and has every right to the rent already collected. I don't suggest you tempt fate by inviting your landlord into the court room unless you want to be counter-sued.
- JenniferLv 68 years ago
Yes it's a legitimate reason. Most people would feel uncomfortable living in a place where they could be jailed off to jail for their landlord's illegal activity. You're kinda stuck with the loss of deposit, unless you moved out immediately after learning he was a heavy pot user.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
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- Anonymous8 years ago
Your mother will help.
