View Full Version : If a tenant paid a deposit but didn't move in, does the deposit get returned?
SDLANO
Jun 7, 2010, 03:57 PM
I am renting my house out. I had a couple sign a lease and give me a deposit. One week before they were to move in they backed out because one of them lost their job. I have found someone else to move in but that person is not moving in until July. Do I have to return the deposit to the original couple or do I keep it since they broke the lease and now the house will be empty for almost a month?
tickle
Jun 7, 2010, 04:07 PM
You could return the deposit in good faith. You found a renter anyway, so why take money from someone who needs it.
Tick
SDLANO
Jun 8, 2010, 07:54 PM
You could return the deposit in good faith. You found a renter anyway, so why take money from someone who needs it.
tick
It isn't that simple. I was living in the house and had all of my stuff moved out so they could be in by the date they wanted. Now I either stay in an empty house or pay to stay in a hotel because I have a full week left of work before I move out of town and I still have to pay the mortgage on the house. I'm just trying to find out what my legal rights are.
LisaB4657
Jun 8, 2010, 08:12 PM
You are entitled to deduct from their deposit the rent from the time they would have moved in until the date that a new tenant moves in. If they were supposed to move in on June 1 and a new tenant is not moving in until July 1 then you can retain one month of rent but you must return the balance of the deposit to them.
taken16678
Jun 8, 2012, 02:56 PM
I wrote a personal check out for someone's for there security deposit. They were suppose to pay me back-Have not.They moved out. Is the landlord required to give security check back to the person who gave the monies, meaning me