http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free Alaska Landlord/Tenant legal forms and free Alaska Landlord/Tenant legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/are-there-any-legal-pitfalls-in-choosing-a-te.html Landlords need to take special care to treat all prospective tenants in the same way. The law prohibits many kinds of distinctions that landlords used to make in selecting tenants. Fair housing laws forbid discrimination on the basis of race, of course, but go far beyond that. Alaska Landlord/Tenant FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/are-there-tenants-rights-not-covered-in-urlta.html Yes. URLTA does not provide for security of tenure; control over rent increases; payment of reduced rent for reduced services; freedom of speech in relationship with a landlord; appointment of a receiver to manage the building if the landlord fails to do so; payment of interest on the security deposit; separate handling of the deposit and the rent money; or condominium conversion protection for tenants. Alaska Landlord/Tenant FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/does-the-urlta-favor-tenants-over-landlords.html No. URLTA provides for both landlord and tenant obligations and remedies. Alaska Landlord/Tenant FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/how-can-landlords-go-about-choosing-tenants.html If you are offering a place to rent, have the prospective tenants complete a rental application. Standard application forms are usually available at stationery stores. The two most important elements of the application are the employment history and the rental history. Get information for the past three or five years. Then contact each of the applicant`s employers and landlords for that period. If the applicant has worked at the same job and lived in the same apartment for that time, you have as good an indication as possible of a quality tenant. A prospective tenant who undergoes such a check might well be thankful. The landlord will have checked the building`s other tenants as well, and so the neighbors will probably be reliable people. Alaska Landlord/Tenant FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/how-else-can-landlords-evaluate-prospective-t.html Many areas have companies that specialize in tenant records. They can tell you if someone has been evicted in the past or failed to pay the rent. General credit bureaus can supply a history of credit payments to landlords if the prospective tenant authorizes a search of the records. This credit information will include the timeliness with which car and credit card payments have been made, bankruptcies, judgments against the tenant, and adverse information from other creditors. Alaska Landlord/Tenant FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/what-about-political-signs.html A landlord may be able to force you to remove a political sign from your window. The First Amendment to the Constitution provides that the government may not abridge any citizen`s right to freedom of speech, and that means political expression of any kind. But the amendment does not cover private relations, such as between a landlord and tenant. It is common for a lease to contain a clause that forbids the tenant to exhibit any sign, political or otherwise, in the window or elsewhere in the apartment without the approval of the landlord. Alaska Landlord/Tenant FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/what-is-condominium-conversion-protection-for.html During the late 1970s thousands of rental buildings were converted to condominium ownership by real estate developers. The tenants had to buy the apartments if they wanted to stay in the buildings. This was financially impossible for many tenants, and they had to move out. Protests by tenants led to the passage of laws in many communities controlling the method of the conversion and in some cases even the right of developers to convert buildings at all. These laws` most common restriction required the developer to bring the building fully up to the standard of the local housing code. The restriction most desired by tenants was the requirement that a certain percentage of the existing tenants had to buy in order for the conversion to go forward. Sometimes the existing tenants who did not buy had the right to continue to rent in the building even if the conversion occurred. In no area, however, has legislation stopped conversions entirely. Alaska Landlord/Tenant FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Landlord-Tenant/Alaska/what-is-security-of-tenure.html Security of tenure provides that the tenant has the legal right to continue the tenancy indefinitely unless the tenant violates certain rules or regulations or the landlord has a compelling reason to reclaim possession of the premises. This provision is a major departure from the traditional concept that the landlord had the arbitrary right to terminate the lease at the end of any term. The right of the landlord to raise rent is the major area of conflict in the enforcement of security of tenure. All municipalities with rent control have security of tenure laws. New Jersey has the only statewide security of tenure law. 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