Know your rights, where to get help and ways to help yourself
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Know Your Rights - Leases
Tenant's Rights at Foreclosure - video
Tenant's have rights when their landlords' property is being foreclosed. Learn what options are available to stay in the home or to have more time to find another place to live.
By: Colorado Legal Serivces
Your Rights as a Tenant if Your Landlord's Property is Foreclosed
If you are a tenant and your landlord's property is being foreclosed, it is important to know your rights.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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Leases - General Information
What you need to do when you move in, a general description of what should be in a lease, frequently asked questions and links to more information about leases on the Internet.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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Breaking a Lease - What You Need to Know
Your responsibilities when breaking a lease.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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Roommates and Leases
This explains what to do if your roommate does not pay rent, violates the lease, or moves out before the lease ends. It also provides information about adding a new roommate to the lease and offers a sample roommate agreement.
By: Nolo Law for All (nolo.com)
Renter's Kit
(Separate Website)
If you know your rights, apartment hunting doesn't have to be a hassle. This site has information about your rights and responsibilities, budgeting, where to receive housing assistance and counseling, and more.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Information for Renters - Security Deposits
Important steps to take when moving in, moving out, retrieving deposits from landlords, how to file in small claims court and how to file a civil action suit. Please note that some of the links in this document go to .pdf files. You need Adobe Reader to open these files. Go to adobe.com to get your free version. (Currently the format of the Spanish version is different but has the same information.)
By: Colorado Legal Services - Fort Collins
Renting and Security Deposits
(Separate Website)
This site includes information about return of the deposit, retrieving unreturned deposits, filing in the small claims courts and filing a simplified civil action in county court.
By: Colorado State University Cooperative Extension
Landlords and Lockouts
What is a lockout and can a landlord lock you out of your rental unit? What can you do if you have been locked out? Can you break the locks if you have been locked out? This resource answers those questions plus includes links to more information.
By: Colorado Legal Services
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Spanish / Español
Can a Landlord Take a Tenant's Property?
Information about landlord liens against tenant's personal property.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Free Legal Information from LawLine9
(Separate Website)
This program is designed to provide information on options, legal information and suggestions where the individual may go for legal assistance. They are designed to aid understanding of legal issues and not designed to provide specific legal advice for individual circumstances.
By: Denver Bar Association
Landlord/Tenant Handbook
(Separate Website)
This handbook has information on lease agreements, security damages/deposits, repairs/maintenance and evictions.
By: City of Longmont
Office of Dispute Resolution
(Separate Website)
If you have a legal dispute, the Office of Dispute Resolution (ODR) may be able to help. This link will take you to their homepage. The ODR exists to establish and make available dispute resolution programs and services within the Colorado Judicial Branch.
By: Colorado Judicial Branch
Rights as a Tenant After Job Ends with Landlord
This information will help you figure out what to do if you receive your housing as partial compensation for your job, but then your job ends.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Talk with a Lawyer on Law Line 9
An advice line providing brief direction on legal problems.
By: Channel 9 News in Denver, Colorado
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