Make sure you understand the terms, your rights and your obligations. The clauses outlined in your rider supercede the terms of your lease. According to the Plain Language Consumer Contract Act, all residential leases after July 1994 must be written, organized and designed so that they are easily read and understood by consumers. A lease that is easy to understand is not necessarily a fair lease. Certain leases still contain unfair, illegal clauses or ask tenants to waive consumer rights.
Many leases contain outdated, unfair and even illegal clauses.
If you live in University City ask your landlord to attach the University of Pennsylvania OCL Rider to the lease. As the rental market is getting tighter, you will find that landlords are unwilling to negotiate the terms of the lease. Even if that is the case, you should know that you have the right to a safe, habitable place and the law offers you some protection, regardless of the unfair clauses of your lease. Give a target completion date for each repair. The written document is.