LANDLORDS’ MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR DUTIES:Landlord Maintenance and Repair Duties • October 22nd, 2007
Contract Type FiledOctober 22nd, 2007Each year the Office of the Attorney General receives hundreds of complaints and inquiries from tenants regarding disputes they are having with their landlords. The laws governing the relationship between a landlord and a tenant are complex and come from several sources. Those sources include the law of contracts (leases are a type of contract), the law of negligence, the North Carolina General Statutes, local health, safety and building codes, federal laws and regulations governing subsidized rental housing, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of North Carolina.
LANDLORDS’ MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR DUTIES:Landlord Maintenance and Repair Duties • October 22nd, 2007
Contract Type FiledOctober 22nd, 2007Each year the Office of the Attorney General receives hundreds of complaints and inquiries from tenants regarding disputes they are having with their landlords. The laws governing the relationship between a landlord and a tenant are complex and come from several sources. Those sources include the law of contracts (leases are a type of contract), the law of negligence, the North Carolina General Statutes, local health, safety and building codes, federal laws and regulations governing subsidized rental housing, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of North Carolina.