QUESTION
in NY state can landlord collect rent from multiple leases for the same rental at the same time.
Asked on Jun 13th, 2012 on Real Estate - New York
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My daughter had a lease to rent a room in a house in the city she attends college. She paid the full rental amount at the beginning of the lease period. The lease expires 7/31/2012. She moved back home in May and a friend of hers was going to use it until the lease expired. Without my daughter''s knowledge the landlord had the friend sign a new lease and pay for June and July. My daughter thought that he should not be able to get "double rent". When she asked him about it he said that the $250 monthly rent he was charging her friend was for administrative costs. Is it legal for the landlord to get "double rent".
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She should be able to get her money back for the period of June and July that overlaps the lease. You could bring a proceeding in small claims court against the landlord, you will need the lease, proof of payment, proof of re-rental for the same period.
Answered on Jun 15th, 2012 at 9:20 AM