Q: Hello, if I offered a replacement tenant for the house owner and she rejected, can she sue me
I bought a house, currently We're tenants and the lease under my dad name, he doesn't work I pay the rent for him. We want to break the lease my dad has health issues he can't pay the rent.
He has SSI which is not enough to pay house rent
He will move out with me
What do you think
A:
You bought a house while you were paying your father's rent. If you stop paying your dad's rent, he will be evicted. But now that you've taken on the mortgage payment, you've left dad to pay his own rent, but he can't.
Your idea is to find another tenant to take over your lease and if the landlord says no, can she sue you?
Of course the landlord can sue you. The landlord is under no obligation at all to "work with you", or ta accept a tenant that you find to replace you. If he or she goes along with your plan, great. If not, then you are letting your dad take the fall since the lease is under his name.
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