Check Your Understanding Answers
- List the obligations a landlord has in a lease agreement.
- Guarantee that the property meets the minimum health and housing codes
- Ensure the property’s common areas are safe
- Respect the tenant's use and quiet enjoyment of the property
- Follow federal and state fair housing laws.
- What type of notice must a landlord give to enter a rental property?
In most situations, a landlord must give 24-hour notice before entering a dwelling. However, in emergencies, under court order, when the unit is abandoned, or conditions listed in the lease agreement, the landlord does not need to provide notice.
- Explain the quiet enjoyment right a tenant has when renting a property.
Quiet enjoyment is based a common law principle that allows a tenant enjoyment of rented premises without interference.
- List three obligations a tenant has when renting a property. (Additional correct answers on page 34.)
- Pay the rent when it is due
- Not damage the property
- Give appropriate notice to vacate property if a month-to-month tenancy
