If you’re in CA, you can probably break the lease if you really want to. You mig...

whimsicalism · on Dec 28, 2020

I can imagine the unit remaining empty for months and then re-renting for $600-$1000 less.

I would be on the hook for the empty months as well as the difference between the current rent I'm paying and the rent the new tenant is paying.

So, no, I can't really just "break the lease" and I can't imagine why they would reduce my rent.

dschuler · on Dec 28, 2020

How does it work with the eviction moratorium now? I mean, what would happen if you just stopped paying rent?

I suppose worst case the landlord would get a judgement for the rent, which they’d have a very hard time collecting on. Civil judgements don’t affect credit scores anymore.