Q: Need help with landlord tenant law about lease renewal
Landlord is refusing to renew lease and asking for unfair terms for renewal. Asking us to move out in the middle of this pandemic
A: If the lease is expiring, and if it does not have an automatic renewal or a renewal option, then it will terminate. Landlord can ask for whatever terms they want, and landlord has no obligation to renew it if tenant doesn't agree. So landlord could evict you if you don't vacate. However, courts are in lockdown and are not holding eviction hearings until they re-open. So it could be a few weeks. Try to work it out with landlord, or look for another place. Or contact your local fair housing office.
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