Renting Or Leasing A Home

Renting a home comes with both responsibilities and legal protections. This page explains what to look for in a lease, your rights as a tenant, and how to handle common problems with landlords.

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Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Section 8 Evictions

This resource explains how evictions work for people in the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program.

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Housing Code Compliance

This resource explains how tenants can report housing code violations and what protections they have if their landlord tries to retaliate.

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How To Ask For Your Security Deposit Back

This brochure explains how renters can ask their landlord to return their security deposit after moving out.

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Renting Or Leasing A Home

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Renting Or Leasing A Home

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Renting Or Leasing A Home

Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program Section 8 Evictions

Housing Code Compliance

How To Ask For Your Security Deposit Back

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Law Talks: Housing and Landlord-Tenant

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