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• Your Rights as a Tenant When the Home You Rent Goes into Foreclosure

  This short video provides information on the Protecting Tenants in Foreclosure Act. Read More

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• Brochure on Fair Housing Laws doc

  The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing based on race or color, national origin, religion, sex , familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians; pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18), and handicap (disability). Content Detail

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  PDF

• Georgia Landlord Tenant Handbook, Tenth Edition, January 2011

  This is a handbook designed to answer common residential landlord-tenant questions. Read More

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• How does a landlord remove a tenant in a dispossessory action?

  A brief audio presentation ... Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• Information for Tenants

  Many people who rent a place to live do not have a basic knowledge of the duties and rights involved. If there is a written lease, it will describe some of the duties of the tenant. A written lease will also explain some of the duties of the landlord. Even if there is not a written lease, tenants and landlords have the legal duties to each other. Read More

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  Elder Law Committee of State Bar of Georgia

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  Korean / 한국어

• Life Skills for Homeowners and Renters

  Whether you own your own home or rent a house or apartment, there are a number of things you need to know and do to protect yourself from things like eviction, foreclosure, or overpaying for services. This guide sets out a number of life skills that you need to keep in mind in your daily business. Read More

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  Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.

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  Spanish / Español

• Rental Property Management and the Law

  This webpage contains basic legal information about the management of residential rental property in Georgia. Content Detail

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  Georgia Department of Community Affairs

• Rent Payments (Answers to Common Questions)

  This document answers common questions about a tenant's rights and obligations in connection with rent payments. Read More

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• Tenants at Foreclosure Act PDF

  Know your rights as a renter of a foreclosed property under the new federal law Content Detail

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  Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.

• Early Termination of a Lease (Answers to Common Questions)

  This document contains the answers to common questions about terminating a lease earlier than what is written in the lease contract. Read More

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• Georgia State Fire Code

  This document provides Georgia's Minimum Standard Code (the International Fire Code). Content Detail

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  Georgia.gov

• My landlord is not making repairs as he should. What can I do?

  A brief audio explanation ... Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• Renting a Home

  This document describes the basic rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants, excerpted from An Introduction to Law in Georgia, Fourth Edition, published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 1998 (updated 2004). Read More

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  Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

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  Spanish / Español

• Repairs to Rental Property PDF

  Landlords are responsible for keeping their rental property in good repair. If the condition of the rental property changes from its condition at the time the tenant moved-in, the landlord must repair the structure or thing to its original condition. Even if you do not have a written lease your landlord is obligated under state law to make repairs. Any lease provision which makes the tenant responsible for repairs is challengeable under Georgia law. A landlord is also responsible for meeting all local ordinances and minimum safety standards. Content Detail

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®

• What Happens to Tenants When the Property They Are Renting Is Foreclosed?

  This document describes tenants' rights when the mortgage by their landlord on the property they are renting from the landlord has been foreclosed. Read More

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  Georgia Legal Services Program®