Q: In June of 2018, the apartments I live in sold.
On 9/1/2018 we received written notice that no satellite dishes were to be on premises. My room mate has Dish with 10 months left on her contract. Does she have to get rid of her Dish T.V. and pay the early termination fee or can she keep it until the contract is out and not get evicted?
A: Landlords are prohibited by federal law from banning satellite dishes. Although they can not completely ban them, they can control, to a limited extent, where and how they are installed. Take a look at this page from the FCC website for more detail: https://www.fcc.gov/media/over-air-reception-devices-rule
N. Munro Merrick agrees with this answer
A: Need a lot more info: Are you on fixed term or month-to-month rental agreement? When was the dish installed? What does your agreement say about antennae/dishes? Is a dish necessary for TV? What does her dish contract say about termination? What does your agreement say about TV reception, if anything? What TV reception did she have before she get the dish? What did the prior tenant do about TV?
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