Letter to Landlord to Request Early Lease Termination

Letter to Landlord to Request Early Lease Termination

Do you need to request a reasonable accommodation to terminate your lease early? This tool will make a letter to send to your landlord requesting to end your lease early without any fines or penalties.

Disability Rights Texas lists the following circumstances that may support a request for early lease termination due to disability under the Fair Housing Act:

• Your anxiety has worsened after you had to stop working because you are immunocompromised or are at high risk if you get COVID or taking care of someone that is.
• Your anxiety has gotten worse since losing your job.
• Your roommates are not taking COVID seriously, and you are immunocompromised or taking care of someone that is.
• Your landlord is not taking COVID seriously, and you are immunocompromised or taking care of someone that is.
• The physical conditions, specifically mold, where you live are making you sicker.
• You do not have enough support here and need to go live somewhere else where you will have more support from others.
• Your landlord is not letting you keep your emotional support animal.
• Your landlord will not give you an assigned accessible parking space.
• Your landlord will not provide a ramp into your home.
• Your landlord will not fix the elevator, and you cannot leave your home because you cannot physically take the stairs.

Follow the instructions to generate the Letter to Landlord to Request Early Lease Termination created by Disability Rights Texas. 

Contact Disability Rights Texas for more information.