Did you get the information I sent you in PM about the legal assistance services provided at your school? You need to bring this lease and copies of all the emails between you and the landlord to them. I can't tell you for sure if it will hold up in court, it is certainly shady, but I don't know enough about landlord-tenant law in NJ to advise to any further than I have (others may be more helpful). The legal services people at your school deal with this kind of stuff dozens of times every semester and are sure to know the best way to handle it.

