Title: What Happens When Your Landlord Doesn't Pay the Mortgage to the House You Live In? | Pocketsense
Headings: What Happens When Your Landlord Doesn't Pay the Mortgage to the House You Live In?
What Happens When Your Landlord Doesn't Pay the Mortgage to the House You Live In?
Your Lease
Your Rent
Foreclosure
Other Considerations

Content: This raises some very important issues for you as a renter, including the status of your lease, your obligation to continue paying rent to the landlord, and your future as a tenant in that property. Your Lease
The lease is a contract you entered into with the landlord, and isn’t affected by whether or not the landlord makes mortgage payments. Your landlord is still obligated to allow you to live in and enjoy the premises, and is also obligated to maintain the house in habitable condition. In addition, if the lease calls for the landlord to provide any utilities, such as water, electricity, gas or trash removal, those services must be provided; otherwise, the lease provides remedies, and most jurisdictions have government agencies that help resolve landlord-tenant disputes. Your Rent
From a legal perspective, what the landlord does with the rent you pay is none of your concern. Rent skimming is not illegal except in California, where it’s illegal only during the landlord’s first year of ownership of a property. While it’s obviously frustrating to meet your obligation to someone who doesn't meet his obligation for the property you’re renting, that doesn't relieve you of the duty to pay the rent when due. If you withhold the rent, the landlord may initiate eviction proceedings against you, seriously damaging your credit rating. 00:00
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Foreclosure
Prior to the enactment of the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, tenants in properties that were foreclosed generally lost their leases and had to vacate the premises quickly.