Denver, CO asked in Landlord - Tenant for Colorado

Q: Can my landlord end my lease early after I call the board of health?

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A: Potentially yes, although in some circumstances it may depend on the language of your lease.

Each case turns on its own unique set of facts and circumstances, and your question doesn’t come close to including every potentially relevant piece of information.

Say, for instance, you called the Board of Health to report the presence of a condition that renders the premises unsafe for human occupancy. The Board may very well have directed your landlord that it needs to correct the problem to continue leasing the premises. The landlord might not have the financial resources immediately available to remedy the condition. As a result, your landlord is forced to prematurely end your lease because it can’t continue leasing the premises to you until it can afford to remedy the dangerous condition.

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