What is the difference between subletting and assigning?
If you are leaving temporarily for a trip and you wish to avoid paying rent for the apartment while you are not living there, then subletting is your best option. When you sublet your apartment, you are still the legal tenant and you are still responsible for the apartment. You can return to you your apartment when the sublet term is over. If, on the other hand, you are leaving your apartment permanently, then you would be better off transferring your lease (otherwise known as assigning the lease.) By assigning the lease, you are renouncing your right to return to the dwelling, and you are no longer responsible for the apartment.
