Re: Breaking The Lease

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On 7/27/07, Clark wrote:
> We have been on a waiting list for low income, government
> subsidised housing for a long time. I'm 40 & Disabled. My
> mom is 65; a senior. We've just received notice that an
> apartment will be ready for us in a senior/disabled
> complex in about 30 - 60 days. The lease for our current
> apartment doesn't end until December. Is it true that we
> can legally break our current lease without losing our
> deposit? Where can I get this information in writing? Our
> current complex has a lot of vacancies and our fear is
> that they are going to give us a hard time about breaking
> the lease.

In Chicago you may be able to prematurely terminate the
lease based on certain failures to disclose that the
landlord may have committed. You'd have to check with a
lawyer, and outside of Chicago, there may be no such easy
way out. Good luck

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