We had been applying for senior housing in CT and had informed our former landlord of this. Seven months into our lease with him, we received a phone call from a senior housing development that a 1 bedroom was available immediately. Therefore, in order to get into the apartment at senior housing, we had to move and broke our lease. Any laws in CT that protect seniors? My husband and I live on Social Security only and the security deposit from our former landlord would be a huge financial help.
Around here if a lease is broken the tenant forfeits their security deposit and has to buy out the remainder of the lease.
Breaking a Lease with a Landlord can be costly to that Landlord. Landlord's also have mortgages to pay, property taxes, repairs, etc. And some Landlords will re-paint and re-carpet between tenants. There's also other cost involved trying to find a new tenant, and depending on the rental market in your area, that home could sit vacant for awhile.
I can understand money is tight for you and your husband but your Landlord could had easily demanded you pay the remaining five months [to the end of the Lease] or until the home had been re-rented during the time frame of the Lease.