Summary: Tenants And Landlords In Halacha - Rabbi Yakov Zev Smith

[Music] according to both the landlord and the town yesterday we learned today i think is the most important point that both the tenant and the landlord have certain rights and each could argue convincingly and that's the recipe for major mahalakis the only way it's going to work it's only shaykh to work each one works together understands the other person's perspective the other person's problem other person's needs but it's inevitable that things come up that just it has to work out only if we follow the name of torah but basically the tenant has definite rights you can't evict the tenant even if the landlord needs it for his own living you can't the landlord cannot renovate against the will of the tenant even though it's benefiting the tenant but he doesn't want the noise you can't subject him to that noise let's just i didn't we asked the tenant to allow the landlord access to the apartment to renovate but basically the tenant has these undeniable rights but it's also true the landlord owns the house he's the music when there's a suffolk if there's an evader found in the apartment or the hearts of the apartment it belongs to the bala bus subletting the apartment depends on different variables but basically we see both rights the landlord could object to the land the tenant taking in rowdy loud tenants or a bigger family than he had originally but basically the tenant is allowed to sublet to lend rent to someone else and profit even more than he's paying rent because this clearest belongs to him so both have rights it's the only thing is when they clash the icca you say site is to try to work together understand of the person see from his perspective and then hopefully shalom bush alva will reign the basic rule that any maison woman that's ika godzilla yeshiva is responsibility of the landlord to take care before the tenant moves in even if he saw it and didn't speak up but it's understood that you have to do the basic conditions for a normal living either if the tenant signed to take the apartment as is so that's his decision and that's really what he's getting as is with nothing else a big factor is mini hamakum which could even vary from state to state so new york and new jersey could have sometimes different rules and regulations but basically a phone line is still i think still considered a basic need which is definitely of the landlord painting and carpeting depends on the condition of the paint or carpet the window god are the responsibility of the landlord renovations that the tenant wants to do he has to ask permission from the landlord because he can't be massive attendant to landlords of the house even though he has living rights but he can't do major repairs without asking permission the tenant as we said could invest money and when he leaves if the bala bus admits that he is has unknown then he could require the balabas to pay his fair share as a dinner of your richer labour issues the bowler boss could say take it with you when that's of course a light fixture but carpeting and custom-made shades if the if the landlord admits that he has a benefit then he has to pay me the basic is follow me when there's no specific hello and regarding repairs the minigame and the aloha both seem to point in the direction that it's the responsibility of the landlord to make all necessary repairs even if it's not even if something that you could say maslo igorim but that's the responsibility of the landlord it is neglect meets the tenant then he has to either fix it but he can't require the bala bus to pay that's unfair but basic repairs is responsibility of the landlord he has to provide a dwelling that's comfortable when he move in and continues to be livable when the tenant could do it himself again putting out mice traps and and changing light bulbs and bring the garbage and shoveling when the landlord is not living on the premises that we expect pretended to do but the extermination costs and any mice or women responsibility of the landlord the basic maintenance we could say if the house is not broken again keeping the the hole clean and and when the landlord's not living there of course and other things is responsibility of the tenant taking out the garbage shoveling when the landlord is not on the premises unless it's a multi-dwelling then he has to appoint someone to as they pay someone to do it instead of the landlord a tenant should not ruin the ground by sprinkling this devastating salt that does too good of a job that's mazik if you have to cut down a tree for the sukkah and he has a right to put the sugar there that's probably a mice um that the landlord should be doing if it's a suffolk what who has to pay that's a very tricky question you have to really go to the entire because it's hard to know who is the music in that particular shaila normal wear and tear is not not it's normal wear and tear and there's no responsibility even if you agreed the return department as is abuse is not wear and tear that's hezek and abuse has to be held accountable a child whose masik mikita din is not higher to pay there's a question when he gets older and he was old enough to understand when he did it but he shouldn't be doing it some say he has to pay when he gets older but basically a young child does hesick there's no on the child or the father because shmeera by karakoyas don't exist of course the the tenant has to watch the apartment carefully that's part of the signing on the smite unless he he pledged to return department as it was that overrides any tour movable items there on the is if he was negligent in smeara bungalows and multi dwellings are things that basically are the same but you have to make it make sure that it works because there are more people involved the most important thing as we said is both have rights and the shalom account will go and do a lot to maintain shalom and movator is something that's really the key to success in these indiana let's hope