Official - Every Tenant's Legal Guide
Learn your rights -- whether it comes to pets, guests, deposits, or privacy -- and find out how to: get repairs and use rent withholding or repair-and-deduct if you have to avoid disputes with roommates over rent, deposits, guests, and noise fight illegal discrimination, retaliation, or sexual harassment navigate state and local rent control laws deal with hazards like lead paint, mold or bedbugs break a lease with minimum liability, and get your security deposit returned on time.