Breaking Lease on a lottery apartment (sublet, college, military)

[randomperson2]

Point your landlord to this:

"The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 requires landlords of both regulated and unrelated units to make a reasonable, good faith attempt at re-letting a unit if a tenant vacates before their lease expires. Landlords must re-rent at the lesser of previous rent or market rent, and the existing tenant is off the hook for damages once a new lease is signed.
If the market rent falls after a lease is signed, the current tenant is only responsible for the lower, market rent as opposed to the monthly rent agreed to in the lease."

https://www.hauseit.com/nyc-rent-law...-changes-2019/

Now, these are weird times in terms of re-renting, but that also means you could argue for a lower "market rent" to be on the hook for.

[Lucky1010]

Originally Posted by randomperson2

Point your landlord to this:

"The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 requires landlords of both regulated and unrelated units to make a reasonable, good faith attempt at re-letting a unit if a tenant vacates before their lease expires. Landlords must re-rent at the lesser of previous rent or market rent, and the existing tenant is off the hook for damages once a new lease is signed.
If the market rent falls after a lease is signed, the current tenant is only responsible for the lower, market rent as opposed to the monthly rent agreed to in the lease."

https://www.hauseit.com/nyc-rent-law...-changes-2019/

Now, these are weird times in terms of re-renting, but that also means you could argue for a lower "market rent" to be on the hook for.

Thank you!

[nyc_renegade]

Please keep us updated Lucky1010...I've recently entered into the same situation. re-signed my lease in October and got a new job out of state this December so learning how to best navigate.

[Lucky1010]

The landlord agreed to let me out of the lease and keep the security. I accepted it.

[randomperson2]

Good self-advocacy. We tenants need to hold the line on this BS.

[stormgal]

Originally Posted by Lucky1010

The landlord agreed to let me out of the lease and keep the security. I accepted it.

Hey that’s great! Did you take random’s advice?

[Lucky1010]

Originally Posted by stormgal

Hey that’s great! Did you take random’s advice?

I provided a doctor's letter and told them I’m willing to forfeit the security deposit.

[lindaloo95]

Originally Posted by pink snake

The management company wants $7796 from me to move out. Two months' rent (60 day notice) and two months rent as a penalty fee. It's a Brookfield property so I assume they'd sue me if I didn't pay up.

Hi! I know this is a super old post, but how did you end up waiving the fee for the brookfield property? I am currently in a lottery apartment with brookfield, and won another brookfield lottery apartment that is much better. I am hoping to break my lease to move there without paying any penalty.

[Jay_Doubleyou]

I'm in the same boat right now trying to leave a Brookfield property. Anyone have any success avoiding all the extra fees?

[yammik]

Originally Posted by pink snake

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Hi pink snake, a few years late to this thread but would you be able to share how you navigated the situation of breaking a lease with Brookfield? I'm living in a Brookfield property and am in need of some advise for leaving the apartment ahead of term.