hi everyone, im seeking housing advice!!🥺
so i’ve been living in this apartment that was ceded to me a couple years ago. my landlord had a good relationship with me, noting that im a clean, quiet tenant. we never had any issues and always paid rent on time and kept up with repairs—ive even done repairs myself to help them.
and i had recently just renewed my lease for another year.
but my grandma is sick so my plans changed and im moving away to take care of her. so now, i want to cede the lease to my roommate who has been living with me for over a year (she has great credit, is clean and quiet, has full time steady employment, etc.). on the lease transfer notice, we indicated june 1st 2026 for the transfer.
we sent the notice a couple weeks ago, and they just responded today (within the time limit accorded by the TAL) saying they are refusing the lease transfer for major reparations and that our unit needs to be completely empty for these reparations (they are claiming that there’s water damages in a different unit (illegible number) caused by my unit. the unit number is literally scribbled and i cant tell what it says. im assuming they did this on purpose so that i cant ask the neighbours if its true).
they are saying that our lease will be terminated on june 1st 206, but neither of us has a place to go. is this legit? what am i supposed to do? im slightly freaking out !
apparently they need to give 3 months notice for major reparations and cant evict us for that, they can only ask us to leave temporarily.
and if there were actually major problems, why did they offer to renew my lease a month ago?