SO YOU DON'T GET ALONG WITH YOUR ROOMMATE

 

If you are single and in NYC, you may have a roommate and there may be a time when you both do not get along. Assuming you are the only party on the lease, a roommate holdover case is brought to make a roommate leave the apartment or house that you share. You cannot lock your roommate out of the home you share without a court order.

For more information, see http://nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/housing/holdover_roommate.shtml

ON ROOMMATES IN NEW YORK

We all know the issue of affordable housing in New York. I know of so many people and/or their children who find an apartment and then take in a roommate - and some who take in more than one.

But not every one has the right to a roommate - or for that matter two. From the Metropolitan Council on Housing:

http://metcouncilonhousing.org/help_and_answers/your_right_to_have_a_roommate