Title: How to break a lease in Pennsylvania
Headings: Tenants’ rights guide: Breaking a lease
Tenants’ rights guide: Breaking a lease
Read your lease
Does my landlord need to re-rent my unit?
When can you legally break a lease?
Talk to your landlord
Expert sources:

Content: Garland says that the best route is to keep lines of communication open with your landlord. “It never hurts for them to reach out to their landlord and explain the circumstances,” Garland says. “ Some landlords understand, and would rather exit a possibly disastrous financial situation sooner rather than later.” Keep records of all official communication, such as by sending letters via certified mail. That way, you may be able to negotiate a documented agreement, like being let out of your lease for an agreed-upon price, by finding someone to sublet your unit, or even — in a best-case scenario — without penalty. Some landlords, she adds, may be more willing to let a tenant out of a lease now, during summer, because it’s generally easier to find a new tenant in summer than it is in winter. You can also help by collecting a list of people who are interested in renting the property and giving it to your landlord. Whatever you do, though, it is important to be cooperative and give the process plenty of time. “The more notice the tenant can give the landlord, and the more the tenant can cooperate with the landlord in terms of re-renting the unit, the better it will be for the tenant,” Garland says. “ It’s always better to try and come to some type of agreement in advance.”