Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

what recourse does a tenant have when they have just moved into a unit in which the people below are smoking cigarettes and marijuana. They just moved in and it's suppose to be a non-smoking community.


Asked on 4/04/13, 10:36 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert F. Cohen Law Office of Robert F. Cohen

Notify the landlord immediately. If not rectified within a reasonable time, you might explain in a letter to the landlord why you are moving. A smoke-free environment to you was a material term of your rental agreement. You might then seek your moving costs in small claims court.

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Answered on 4/14/13, 3:59 am


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