Q: Can my landlord ask me to disclose my Covid status and force me to turn in a negative test? It’s not even CDC protocol.
During Covid outbreak, same said landlord, locked down the property (over 200 apts) for about 2 months, and forbid all residents from receiving any guests including family. No, it says nothing about them being able to have that kind of control in our contract.
A:
You have it backwards: Your lease does NOT have to say anything about the landlord doing the right thing in order for them to do it.
Unless your written lease actually forbids your landlord from taking reasonable steps to protect all the tenants in your building and in the entire complex from serious harm then they can do it.
The fact that your landlord has already "locked down" the entire complex for two months is a big clue as to what they can do and what are trying to do: Protect you and all other tenants from Covid.
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