[quettia]

We signed a 1 year lease agreement and now the landlord wants us to move, due to he can not get insured for homeowners insurance because we have 2 dogs. When we signed our lease we had to give 1st months rent, a deposit and a dog deposit. All deposits were equal. In our lease it was stated that we had 2 dogs, and now the owners are telling us they will not have insurance if we do not get our dogs trained and have a certificate to give to the insurance company. We are willing to get the dogs trained, but it will take 4 months to do this. After explaining this to the owners, they said we need the certificates by the end of April, well that is impossible. What rights do we have?

[ScottGem]

Unless your lease has a clause that states the lease is dependent on the landlord's being able to get insurance, they don't have a leg to stand on. Their getting insurance to cover themselves is their problem not yours. If they try to evict you, I doubt if a court will allow it.

On the other hand, they will probably not renew your lease so you might want to negotiate a buy out.

You should, however, make sure you have your own insurance to cover liability.