Can you break an apartment lease if you feel unsafe living there?

Question

Can you break an apartment lease if you feel unsafe living there?

Answer 1

No. Your contract is not about feelings, it's about clauses and laws.

If you REALLY want out you're going to have to negotiate with the landlord. Expect to pay penalties.

Good luck.

Answer 2

If there are gunshots and you can videotape them, the judge will let you out today.  If not, the judge will believe that it was your responsibility to do your homework before you moved in,  not after.  You won't ever make this mistake again.  /

Answer 3

There are hundreds of these questions here.

No, your feelings have nothing to do with contract.    You can not break the lease, it is not a legal reason.

Answer 4

Sure, you can break the lease like so many do.  But you won't be able to do so without financial penalty simply because 'you do not feel safe'.

Renting a property has NOTHING to do with 'your feelings', and has everything to do with the lease you signed, which is a binding and legal contract.

The time for you to decide whether or not you would feel safe was BEFORE you signed your lease agreement.

Answer 5

most have a 30 day written notice to give it up read your lease and see if so write the letter and suck it up for 30 days