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Important Terms Found In A Tenancy Program

By Wanda Rosner


Your rights and responsibilities as tenant is affected by the type of tenancy arrangement you enter into with your landlord. A tenancy contract spells out the type of relationship you and your landlord will have under the contract. In any typical tenancy program, you will find some terms and conditions you should expect to find in a tenancy contract.

You will find some standard terms which are usually required by law since they control the guidelines of a tenancy agreement and have to be incorporated in almost any tenancy contract. Whether these elements are incorporated or otherwise, they will be assumed to exist, and for that reason relevant just in case of disagreement. Always make sure you know these terms prior to signing any tenancy contract. You will find essential information on these terms in the residential laws and regulations regulating your state.

Your landlord is usually permitted by the law to have access to your credit information from the credit reference bureau. However, you will find that the landlord must obtain your written consent in regards to this. If you do not want to give the consent then the landlord can decide not to enter into a tenancy agreement with you.

Landlords may include a clause in your tenancy agreement barring or restricting the amount of pets you may desire to have in your house. He is able to set some rules, which will restrict the existence of pets in specific parts of the building. This is important because some tenants may be allergic to some pets or may even be uncomfortable around some animals.

In the tenancy agreement, your landlord is likely to put a clause regarding refundable and non-refundable fees. Most states do not allow landlords to charge application or processing fees to their prospective clients. Your landlord can charge you the cost of the key which is refundable when you return the key. The landlord is also allowed to charge you a service fee for a returned cheque. The landlords should however not charge a sum exceeding the service charge by the bank.

Most contracts will contain a term touching on the privacy of his tenant. The clause will spell circumstances under which a landlord can conduct a search in the house of a tenant. The rule is that landlords respect the privacy of their tenants and should not indulge themselves with the private life of a tenant for more than is necessary. The word necessary remains a question to be answered by the courts.

Your landlord can ask you for your social insurance number if it is important for purposes of revealing your true identity or conducting a credit check. The golden rule is that landlords do not require more than enough disclosure of personal information as a condition for admitting or renewing the contracts of new tenants. They should restrict themselves to only what is needed for affecting the tenancy contract and no more.

In the industry of manufactured houses, a landlord may need a moving insurance policy. This is to make sure that there is a third party that may be held liable if there is any harm to the home during moving. You have got to be prepared to prove it to your landlord that indeed you possess an insurance before you rent his property.




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