Landlord-Tenant Law

Landlord-tenant disputes can be particularly stressful and intense because they concern housing. Being evicted means that you are left in an extremely vulnerable position whereby you may not have anywhere to live, and it could put you at a financial disadvantage since...

Noisy tenants can be a big problem for landlords. If you have multiple tenants living in an apartment complex or near one another, then a noisy neighbor could result in calls asking you to make it stop. As a landlord, it is important that you take responsibility for...

When you have a problem tenant, not only can they cost you money by damaging your units or driving out other, reliable tenants with loud parties and bad behavior, but they can also engage in behaviors that increase the cost of providing housing, especially if you paid...

Lawmakers in Connecticut do their best to balance legal protections for landlords with protections for their tenants. Security deposit law is kind of like a tightrope walk that attempts to both protect landlords from non-paying tenants or damage to their property...

Maybe you saw it coming. Maybe you’re a bit surprised. Regardless, if your tenant stops paying rent, it’s critical that you take the right steps at the right time. While there is no right or wrong approach to this potentially complex issue, there are some basic steps...

Landlords often conduct thorough background checks before agreeing to rent to a tenant. Typically, they want to avoid renting to people with a history of not paying rent or those who have faced eviction in the past in order to protect their investment in the property...

If there is one topic that tends to divide landlords and tenants and pit them against each other, it might just be pet ownership. Most people like pets and animals, including landlords. However, landlords may not like the unmitigated damage an animal could do to their...