My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Massachusetts
Got a couple to rent an apartment my wife and I are already living in. My wife and I are both on the yearly lease. They moved in November 1, 2016. We told them one of them has to get on the lease.
Even with us pushing them to get someone on the lease, they never finished the process. This combined with several other grievances left us feeling like we needed them to leave.
We asked them to move out, no big issues. But they never gave us an idea of when they were moving out until the night of. They want to be reimbursed for the rest of the month. As well as get their deposit back.
As we didn't have much notice of when they were going to leave (so we couldn't find a temporary renter to cover the last week of the month) are we legally obligated to pay them back as we gave them to the end of the month to move out?
Also, the deposit, are we required to give it back immediately? Or can we wait til we find new renters. As its super cold and not a great season to find someone to take the room, we might end up paying the entire rent for at least a month because they didn't fulfil the requirement we made of getting on the lease. Can we use their deposit to cover a month of no roommates?
Thanks in advance.
M

