Abandoned Property

Myself and my husband have been living in a two bedroom rented apartment for the past four months, we signed the lease for period of one year. Recently my sister got a job in the city and wants to move in with us for a month. But my landlord is refusing to let her stay, saying that there was a clause in the lease agreement which prohibited outsiders from staying in the apartment for more than fifteen days. Will I violate the terms of the lease if my sister stays with us?

I am living in a rented apartment in downtown New York. It is an old apartment built in 1950s. Due to the recent earthquake huge cracks have opened up on the walls and ceilings and floorboards have broken away in many places. I want to move out of the place but my landlord is insisting on me paying the rent for the rest of the lease period. Does the law require me to pay the whole rent if I break the lease?

I moved into an apartment in White Plains, New York about two months back. In the lease agreement signed by me, there was a provision stating that the landlord had undertaken all repairs necessary to make the apartment fit for living and the tenant is completely responsible for the maintenance of the house from the date of handing over of possession till the expiry of the lease. It has been raining for the past two days and I saw that the roof is leaking resulting in my living room becoming wet and damp. I never expected that the apartment would have such major problems. Can I force my landlord to pay for the cost of repairing the roof?

My tenant left town without paying two month’s rent and without any notice. I was unsuccessful in contacting him. Do I need to return the security deposit of a tenant who failed to pay rent in Hawaii?

is it illegal to take possession of abandoned vehicles on the side of the street?