<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ozzyinor:
The landlord says that I can not stay with my friend for more than 14 days in a calandar year. I want to stay there a few days a week for a month or two. The landlord says no and says that there is no way to list me as an authorized guest OR tenant. What can I do? It says in the lease 14 day limit but it does not say anything about having a limit on amount of people in a 1 bedroom apartment. help me please <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
It appears that the 14 day limit is there to allow guests of the tenant to stay as temporary residents but in your case your proposed occupancy would be defined as a permanent tenant by the landlord. There is a way to list you as an authorized guest or tenant but the landlord does not want to do this and is not required to. The landlord has a right not to allow anyone else on the lease since the lease already took effect. In all probability, your local housing code allows more than a single occupant to a one bedroom apartment but in this case the landlord rules. Reason being, the terms and conditions of the written landlord/tenant lease agreement prevail over the general housing code. You are a good friend and have acted in a responsible manner to ask the landlord first as many other people in this circumstance would just do it and face the consequences later. Remember the saying " he who has the gold rules"? In this case it is " he who has the land lords".
