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
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Content: What Happens When Your Landlord Doesn't Pay the Mortgage to the House You Live In? | Pocketsense
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By: Dale Marshall
Updated December 12, 2019
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If you rent your residence and the landlord doesn't pay the mortgage, a practice known as rent skimming, the house will likely go into foreclosure. 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.