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2. Rental agreement - Wikipedia

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   Rental agreement. A rental agreement is a contract of rental, usually written, between the owner of a property and a renter who desires to have temporary possession of the property; it is distinguished from a lease, which is more typically for a fixed term. [1] As a minimum, the agreement identifies the parties, the property, the term of the ...

3. Section 8 (housing) - Wikipedia

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   The landlord cannot charge a Section 8 tenant more than a reasonable rent and cannot accept payments outside the contract. Landlords, although required to meet fair housing laws, are not required to participate in the Section 8 program. As a result, some landlords will not accept a Section 8 tenant. This can be attributed to such factors as:

4. Tenant screening - Wikipedia

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   Tenant screening. "'Tenant screening'" is used primarily by residential landlords and property managers to evaluate prospective tenants. The purpose is to assess the likelihood the tenant will fulfill the terms of the lease or rental agreement and will also take great care of the rental property in question. The process culminates in a decision ...

5. Subsidized housing - Wikipedia

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   The supplements make up the difference between rental "market price" and the amount of rent paid by tenants, for example 30% of the tenants income. A notable example of a rent supplement in the United States is Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. § 1437f). See also. Housing portal; Subsidized housing in the United States; Public ...

6. Landlord–tenant law - Wikipedia

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   Landlord–tenant law is the field of law that deals with the rights and duties of landlords and tenants. In common law legal systems such as Irish law, landlord–tenant law includes elements of the common law of real property and contract. In modern times, however, it is frequently governed by statute. [1] Generally, leases must include a few ...

7. Rent regulation - Wikipedia

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   Increases in the rental prices throughout the duration of a rental contract are required to follow a "rent level" (Mietspiegel), which is a database of local reference rent prices. This collects all rent prices of new rental contracts of the past four years, and landlords may only increase prices on their property in line with rents in the same ...