Rabu, 28 Mei 2014

Contents Of A Tenancy Program

By Wanda Rosner


The type of tenancy arrangement affects your rights and responsibility as a tenant. Your tenancy program will be guided by the terms contained in a tenancy contract that spells out your relationship with your landlord. It is therefore important that you understand some of the common terms that will appear in any typical tenancy contract.

All landlords are required by the law to include standard terms in their tenancy agreement. The laws of most states require that certain standards terms applicable in those states be included in any tenancy agreement. The common regulation is usually that whether included or not, standard terms as spelt out by the residential property law form part of the agreement. Look out for these terms any time you are signing a tenancy contract.

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.

A landlord may in the tenancy contract prohibit or restrict the size and number of pets you are allowed to have in the apartments. Sometimes a landlord may set park rules that regulate the presence of pets in the common areas within the building. This is particularly to protect other tenants who may be uncomfortable with your pets.

A typical tenancy contract may also have a clause regarding refundable and non-refundable costs that the landlord may ask you for. Landlords are however prohibited from charging application costs or processing costs. Costs like the price of keys, bank charges because the cheque released by a tenant bounced, along with other necessary charges could be levied upon a tenant but within predetermined limits. The overall rule is the fact that a landlord charges only what is necessary.

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.

The other term that may be obtained in a tenancy contract is usually whether your landlord can ask you for your social security number. Generally, your landlord may ask for your social insurance number if it is necessary for the purposes of identifying you or conducting a credit check. Landlords are not supposed to require their tenants to disclose personal information beyond what is necessary as condition of renting to them.

Property owners are also likely to require moving insurance for manufactured homes. This is to give them peace of mind that a third party is responsible for any damage that may result from moving the home to a manufactured home site. The tenant must furnish the landlord with the requested proof before moving the home.




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