Lease Vocabulary

A person who rents a property to a tenant

• Landlord

• Tenant

• Teacher

• Principal

 A person who occupies a property rented from a landlord

• Landlord

• Tenant

• Teacher

• Principal

A company that supplies water, gas, electricity and sewerage 

• Utilities

• Rental

• Sublease

• Rent

A payment made to the landlord to ensure the rental and covers any damages that the renter causes to the property

• Premises

• Money

• Security Deposit

• Rental unit

Renting out your rental unit to somebody else

• Subletting

• Vacate

• Violator

• Tenant

Leaving rental unit

• Noise Violation

• Inspection

• Kicked out

• Vacate

The act of expelling someone out of a rental unit

• Leaving

• Violation

• Eviction

• Agreement

What is the point of a housing application?

• It doesn't do anything

• After filling it out it allows you to sign a lease

• You get a rental house

• You are guaranteed the house