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I am wondering how you are planning to handle the legality of subleasing and enforcement, especially seeing as almost all landlords for college towns do not all

I am wondering how you are planning to handle the legality of subleasing and enforcement, especially seeing as almost all landlords for college towns do not allow subleasing, but it happens. Which also leads to an alarming amount of subleasers skipping the last month of rent or stealing from the property since they know they are living there in secret from the landlord and therefore their rent collection is unenforceable. As a college renter this is the biggest problem I would like to see fixed, given the 12 month lease for a 8 month school year and study abroad opportunities becoming commonplace.

timjones 12y ago
Sorry for missing this! Right now, it is up to the student to make sure they abide by the rules set forth by their landlord for subleasing. Typically this is just filling out a form telling them who will be living in the property, and in some cases, an additional fee. We would prefer to keep the legal responsibilities on the student, but will work towards making it as easy as possible to facilitate transactions and contracts with the subletter online. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!