Renters' Rights

Renters' Rights lets you know what battles are worth fighting and how to handle the challenges of renting confidently and legally.

Sooner or later it will happen... . The landlord ignores your repair requests. Your roommates are once again late with their share of the rent. Your upstairs neighbors party all the time. The landlord won't return your security deposit. How can you deal with these problems--and others--or prevent them from happening at all? Turn to Renters' Rights if you need to:

• break a lease and leave early


• understand your credit and other consumer reports used to evaluate you as a tenant


• sublet your apartment


• deal with unwelcome landlord intrusions


• resolve a dispute with your roommate


• get your landlord to make repairs


• collect the security deposit you're owed, and


• fight discrimination or retaliation.

The 12th edition is completely updated to reflect changes to state laws and federal antidiscrimination laws. It also includes advice on how to deal with corporate landlords and property managers.

Author: Ann O'Connell
Publisher: NOLO
Published: 06/30/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781413333527

About the Author
O'Connell, Ann: - Ann O'Connell is a legal editor at Nolo specializing in landlord-tenant and real estate law. Before joining Nolo as an editor, Ann was a freelance writer for Nolo and other publications and law firms. She has passed the bar exams in California, Nevada, and Colorado, where she is both an active attorney and a real estate broker. Ann practiced civil litigation in California and Colorado, and had her own firm in Colorado. At her firm, she focused on real estate, landlord-tenant, and small business cases. Ann earned her B.A. from Boston College and her J.D. from UC Berkeley Law.