I am wondering the same thing. Our lease is set up the same way. Can you just pay out the rest of the lease and walk away? Or are they trying to say you owe beyond that?

I’m assuming you’re trying to avoid paying anything at all.
Was just curious. I might find myself in a similar situation soon and can’t wait to see what people say.

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When does your lease actually expire?

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If your lease is for up until a specified date, you are generally required to pay rent during that time. Your landlord has a duty to mitigate—try to rent to someone else and they will pay rent instead.

So you signed a contract, broke it, and are now trying to get away with no repercussions? Lol.

Oh dang! Yeah I certainly wouldn’t want to pay that out ahah. Good luck. Keep us posted.

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Why did you break the lease? I would read the lease that should outline pretty much all the terms.

Generally speaking, a lease is used as a contract for a specific amount of time. I don’t think any verbiage has to be included about that. A lease is a lease. That’s it. If he agreed to let you out of your lease you might not have to pay due to that being an agreement between both of you for termination. You’ll probably have to give up your security deposit. If you want, don’t pay and let him take you to court. Why won’t he rent it right away? Is the apartment trashed?

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There are no repercussions to be outlined. As far as the landlord is concerned, you agreed to pay $X a month through the end of the lease. In exchange, you get to live in the property and you are responsible for any excess damage. If you choose to live someplace else, that’s not anything the landlord cares about as long as he gets paid.

Now, if you are leaving because the landlord didn’t hold up his responsibilities (maintenance and repairs, etc) you might be allowed to walk away from the lease. But you will have to prove that things were really bad for it to get to that point.

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The repercussions unless stated otherwise is you need to pay the contracted amount. The lease is supposed to give the landlord a guaranteed period of time you will be paying and a definitive amount of time you are allowed to stay. Some leases have an out such as pay two months but that's negotiated before the lease is signed.

Not paying is dishonest and gives him the right to take you to court and demand payment.

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If you can prove that let him take you to court. You show up with proof. Having no toilet is against the law. If you can prove neglect on his part while you were living there he broke his lease agreement to provide a domicile that’s habitable.

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I think it’s section 11 or something like that. Has to do with obligations of landlords and sanitation and all that

Good luck.

They don’t need to outline the repercussions for breaking the lease in the lease. If it lists an end date and you are breaking the lease you could be on the hook. You should talk to a lawyer.

There doesn’t need to be language in an agreement outlining “repercussions” because the lease certainly states you will pay rent until the end of your lease. That is a contract that you agreed to.

It wouldn’t have to be in the handbook. You have to pay what you owe, which is outlined in your lease agreement.

You know what that means, right? It means there is no early termination.

If there is no early termination clause it means you are beholden to the lease through the end of it. The landlord has an obligation tp mitigate his damages though, so once he gets it re-rented you stop owing rent.

Security Deposit should NEVER be supplemented for rent. It’s pretty specific in the handbook that it’s for property damage etc.

Can a landlord put that in a lease you have to pay until they re-rent?

WOW. I didn’t know there were so many landlord bootlickers in this sub!
Ps my advice is nitpick the lease and handbook to catch him on a technicality with the property. Any small break of lease should suffice.

I only asked why you left b.c incase there was something wrong with the apartment. Good luck either way.

Sorry about all the terrible replies...just google "RI Tenant-Landlord Handbook" and have a quick read. Here is the section that pertains to you. If you pay rent on a monthly basis (like most) then you are on a "month-to-month" lease. You must give 30 days notice, which it sounds like you did. Worst case scenario is that you pay through November. Don't let them bully you into paying anything more than that.

That's not true. Month to month lease is one without a set term/contact which this person had