Break lease to buy a home? - Minnesota laws

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Here is what I found.

Q Are there any laws in Minnesota that pertain to getting out of an apartment lease to buy a home?

I have heard that my apartment leasing company cannot penalize me for terminating my lease agreement early, as long as I give 60 days' notice, if I am going to buy a house. Is this true?

A -----There are no laws in Minnesota that allow a tenant to terminate their lease early in order to buy a home. Unless a landlord would specifically include language in your lease allowing termination early if purchasing a home, it does not exist. The language in your lease prevails, so if you have spoken with your landlord and cannot work out a smaller penalty, you will need to pay the amount indicated in your lease.

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re: Break lease to buy a home? - Minnesota laws

I think that is true everywhere, unless somebody knows otherwise. It is true here in Michigan as well. Can't break just to buy a home.

[Texas foreclosures]

re: Break lease to buy a home? - Minnesota laws

In Minnesota, many of the apartment/condo communities offer a 'break lease' option if you buy a home. But there are clauses about which months - you can almost never break any leases here during the winter (for all the obvious reasons)

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re: Break lease to buy a home? - Minnesota laws

All of the above are true. Only 3 reasons exist to be allowed to break a lease without consequences. And not all apply in all states.
1. Service Members Act - a federal law that allows active service members to break a lease if they are called to deploy or moved to a different base. Federal law applies everywhere in the US. A serice member deployed allows his family to cancel the lease too. This applies to recruiters too.
2. Americans with Disabilities Act - a federal law that requires a LL to allow accomodations to the property to make it usable by a disabled tenant. The accomodations are paid for by the tenant. If the property cannot be made usuable for the tenants disability, the tenant may terminate to find a unit that can be made suitable for him. But sometimes, a property cannot be made suitable. (ie: There may be no place to install an elevator for a newly disabled tenant.) In this case, the tenant may terminate.
3. Victims of Domestic Assault - Some states require a LL to allow a victim of a DV to terminate so he/she can leave the area to escape and protect him or her self. Not all states have a law to allow this. Those that do normally require that the victim have filed for a restraining order from the person, and has lived with the person.

[Two Cents Worth]

Re: Break lease to buy a home? - Minnesota laws

This was 15 years ago when we broke a lease to buy a house. I was threatened with 60 days of rent. I said "You name the court date." The collections officer stated to me in Minnesota, a landlard cannot collect rent even 1 day more that the renter actually lived in the property. The fact that a lease was present had nothing to do with the renter beng bound to the property.

[sandyclaus]

Re: Break lease to buy a home? - Minnesota laws

This was 15 years ago when we broke a lease to buy a house. I was threatened with 60 days of rent. I said "You name the court date." The collections officer stated to me in Minnesota, a landlard cannot collect rent even 1 day more that the renter actually lived in the property. The fact that a lease was present had nothing to do with the renter beng bound to the property.

Seriously? Don't necropost.

As if dredging up a dead thread isn't bad enough, posting inaccurate information on top of that is just ridiculous.