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I am in Georgia. My landlord rents units by the room, as opposed to renting by the unit. I rent one room in a three-bedroom apartment, one of the other rooms is occupied, and the third room is vacant. I asked my landlord if my husband would be able to live in my apartment. My landlord said he could live there if he rents the third room. Can my landlord legally refuse to allow my husband to live with me in my room?
Yes, the landlord can refuse anyone as a tenant who has not already been approved. I assume you have a signed lease. It should list who is approved to live there. Anyone who is not on the signed lease has no rights to move in.
You're not renting an apartment, you're renting a room with use of communal space. Yes, your LL can refuse to allow you to have anybody else in your room but is apparently willing to bend his rule by allowing your husband in as an additional tenant renting his own room.
I'm trying to figure out the landlord's logic. My thinking is that he wants to control the number of people who live in the house, and wants them all to pay equal rent. If you and your husband have to pay the amount for two people in two separate rooms, you might as well enjoy the extra living space.
But, he doesn't have to let you move in another person (spouse or not), and expect to pay less rent per person.
Even if you were renting an apartment on your own, you couldn't just move in another person, even a new spouse, without approval from the landlord. The landlord can't deny the person based on things disallowed by discrimination laws, but can deny based on occupancy limits, or credit or background check, etc.
Yes, the landlord can refuse anyone as a tenant who has not already been approved. I assume you have a signed lease. It should list who is approved to live there. Anyone who is not on the signed lease has no rights to move in.
I'm trying to figure out the landlord's logic. My thinking is that he wants to control the number of people who live in the house, and wants them all to pay equal rent. If you and your husband have to pay the amount for two people in two separate rooms, you might as well enjoy the extra living space.
But, he doesn't have to let you move in another person (spouse or not), and expect to pay less rent per person.
Even if you were renting an apartment on your own, you couldn't just move in another person, even a new spouse, without approval from the landlord. The landlord can't deny the person based on things disallowed by discrimination laws, but can deny based on occupancy limits, or credit or background check, etc.
Your Mileage May Vary, but in Oregon occupancy up to 2 per bedroom plus 1 is lawful (e.g. 2BR = 2*2+1= so overoccupancy isn't much of an issue.
move in
phrasal verb of move
= take possession of a new house or business premises.
extrapolated to, "take possession of a rental unit/move one's self and possessions into same".
synonymous with
live there
= reside in (the premises)
= become an occupant of (the premises)
move in
phrasal verb of move
= take possession of a new house or business premises.
extrapolated to, "take possession of a rental unit/move one's self and possessions into same".
synonymous with
live there
= reside in (the premises)
= become an occupant of (the premises)
Thank you my question was serious in the sense that these terms need t be specified in a rental agreement in order to make them stick in court when the tenant argues that the boy/girlfriend never actually moved in or lived there. e.g. if he/she sleeps over three nights a week does that qualify? Leases often include a defined standard of becoming an occupant, e.g. sleeping over a certain number of days in a month.
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