Is it legal to charge different rental amounts based on the number of people in an apartment?
I was providing someone a link to classified ads and happened to see a rental advertisement just now for a studio apartment. The rental was listed as $825 a month for one person, $860 a month for two people.
Is it legal to charge different rental amounts based on the number of tenants in an apartment? If so, does it matter whether or not utilities are included in the rent?
Unless there is a prohibition in the local laws — like new York has very strict rental laws — I don’t think that there is anything that prohibits charging more rent for more people in the unit. If the landlord is paying for the utilities, it makes sense to charge for more people in the unit.
That said…as a landlord for almost 40 years, the absolute worst trashed house I ever rented was to a single, middle aged woman, with a dog. She was a trip! Poochie never went outside. She just put papers, upon papers, upon papers on the floor. And she put her tampons behind the dresser. And she urinated and defecated where ever she felt like doing it. After she moved out, we let the local fire department burn down the house as a training exercise!
You just never know!
yes it is leafal.
And the more people the more it costs.
Normally it is rented for 2 people and they won’t charge for the second one.
But it is whatever someone will pay.
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Its not illegal to charge someone for having a dog or a woman, if they tell you in advance.
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Unless there is a prohibition in the local laws — like new York has very strict rental laws — I don’t think that there is anything that prohibits charging more rent for more people in the unit. If the landlord is paying for the utilities, it makes sense to charge for more people in the unit.
That said…as a landlord for almost 40 years, the absolute worst trashed house I ever rented was to a single, middle aged woman, with a dog. She was a trip! Poochie never went outside. She just put papers, upon papers, upon papers on the floor. And she put her tampons behind the dresser. And she urinated and defecated where ever she felt like doing it. After she moved out, we let the local fire department burn down the house as a training exercise!
You just never know!
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Yes, it’s legal. The reason being the more people the higher the utilities will be
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Yes it’s quite legal. More tenants means higher utilities and more wear and tear on the apartment.
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