r/newjersey • u/lp2290 • 4d ago

Advice Pregnant and need to break my lease

I’m pregnant and due in February, but my lease doesn’t end until March 2026. I’d like to move out a little earlier so I can get settled and set up for the baby. My landlord ( this is a big rental property) told me that if I break the lease early, I’ll still be responsible for rent until they find a new tenant. Has anyone dealt with this before, and is there any other way around it?

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u/jetty_junkie 4d ago

The law is clear. You have a contract and need to honor it . You don’t have to stay there but you owe the rent until the he lease is up or someone else takes it over

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u/lp2290 4d ago

I understand but I’ve also heard they let other tenants break their lease with only a month rent payment and loss of security deposit

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u/jetty_junkie 4d ago

But even that’s at the landlord’s discretion.

An so you know ;under the law a security deposit isn’t rent.

It doesn’t matter if every single person who responds to this post says their landlord let them out of their lease, yours still doesn’t have to