Understand Your Rights
Looking for information about rental rights and responsibilities? See below for common topic-areas.
Not finding the information you're looking for? Be sure to take a look at our list of other topics at the bottom of the page.
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Sample Letters and Forms
Sample Letters
- Roommate Agreement
- Sample letter for breaking a lease
- Sample letter for a wrongfully withheld security deposit
- Sample letter for landlord references to submit with application
- Sample letter for problems with heat in the apartment
- Sample letter for responding to an eviction notice over non-payment of rent
- Sample letter for responding to an eviction notice over rules violations
- Sample letter for responding to a verbal conversation
- Sample letter for disputing an eviction notice
- Sample letter for applications to new landlords when your old landlord is giving a bad reference
- Sample letter for applications to new landlords when renting with a criminal history
- Sample letter for applications to new landlords when you owe money to your old landlord
- Sample letter for applications to new landlords when you have bad credit history
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Sample letter for requesting repairs
- Generic sample letter