Do lease agreements between roommates work?
Yes, they do. They will stand up in a court of law. If you signed a lease agreement or a roommate agreement with your roommate and you have specific rules implanted in it, for instance you pay five hundred dollars a month rent, and you decide you don’t want to pay five hundred dollars a month rent – you have signed a contract saying you would! That contract will stand up in court. It’s the same thing as a lease agreement that you have with your landlord. If he says no pets, for instance, you sign the document. No pets, but then you still get a dog. He has every right to kick you out, to evict you, because you broke the lease agreement.
