Every Tenant's Legal Guide

The only book of its kind, Every Tenant's Legal Guide gives you the legal and practical information you need to deal with your landlord, roommates and other tenants, and protect your rights when things go wrong. Written in plain English, it shows you how to: find a great home and inspect it, evaluate leases and rental agreements, put roommate relationships on a sound legal footing, understand rent increases, late fees and rent control, get a landlord to make repairs, withhold rent without getting into legal trouble, protect your privacy, fight illegal discrimination, handle a difficult landlord, get drug dealers out of the building, deal with lead paint, mold and asbestos, break a lease with minimum liability, get your security deposit returned fairly and on time, prepare for eviction proceedings, if necessary. The 5th edition of Every Tenant's Legal Guide includes a dozen tear-out forms and the latest laws of your state-simply look them up with the easy-to-use charts, which cover everything from security deposit rules to rent increases. Book jacket.Portman, Janet is the author of 'Every Tenant's Legal Guide', published 2002 under ISBN 9780873378253 and ISBN 0873378253.