Breaking lease to relocate
I'm a teacher in the Ca public school system. Last Nov. I signed a year lease for a rental house. Due to low enrollment in the district, the class I teach will be closed next year and I don't have tenure so I was forced to seek a teaching position elsewhere. I applied and interviewed all over the place, but the only offer came from a place 2 1/2 hours away so I must relocate this summer. The landlord said I could get out of the lease if they find someone else to rent it. They are advertising, but they are raising an already high rent by $50, the air-conditioner doesn't work so I'm miserable, and there is no one interested so far. I'm afraid no one will rent it and I have to move to work, its not a choice to seek employment elsewhere. What are my options? Do I have any? Can I get my deposit back.
Frustrated in Modesto.