Central Jersey Legal Services is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal assistance to low-income residents of Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties.

Central Jersey Legal Services is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal assistance to low-income residents of Mercer, Middlesex, and Union Counties.

持續支付租金的重要性 – The Importance of Paying Your Rent

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在新澤西州,房東要驅逐 (evict) 一直支付房租的房客 (paying tenant) 是不容易的。即使租賃期 (lease terms) 結束或房產被出售,新澤西州的租戶權利 (tenants’ rights) 仍受到保護。新澤西州經常被描述為 “對租戶友好” (tenant-friendly) 。然而這種友好僅限於付費租戶。租戶有時會不高興並想透過不付房租來表達不滿。但支付租金是租客的義務,這保障了租戶的權利。 當房客未能支付租金時,房東可以因未付款而申請驅逐,而無需事先通知房客。不支付租金是房東驅逐房客最簡單的方式,而其他驅逐理由則更難成立。例如,如果房東因房客違反租約 (lease violation) 而想要終止租賃,則需要在申請驅逐之前向租戶發送合法的通知。如果通知被視為不足,則驅逐案件將被駁回。

不支付租金將導致被驅逐,除非租戶能夠支付所欠的餘額。問題是,避免被驅逐所需的金額往往會因滯納金 (late fees) 、法律費用 (legal fees) 和其他費用而增加。即使租戶支付了基本租金,房東也可以因未能支付被視為「額外租金」的其他費用而驅逐租戶。律師費 (Attorney’s fees) 可能從 100 美元到 1500 美元不等!不支付租金很快就會導致向法院提起驅逐訴訟,到那時候租戶將面臨這些無法負擔的費用。

殘酷的現實是,不支付租金的租戶可能在不到兩個月的時間內被趕出去。審判日期 (trial date) 會定於投訴提交後的四至五週內,如果做出判決 (judgment) ,最快八天後您就會被鎖在門外(lockout) 。許多租戶對驅逐發生得如此之快感到震驚。法院每週都會做出驅逐判決,因此人們很容易忘記這些判決實際上會對生活造成多大的改變和傷害。

接受政府補貼 (subsidy) 的租戶享有一些額外的保護,例如,房東不能在未事先通知住房援助計劃 (housing assistance program) 的情況下申請驅逐。  即使領取補貼的租戶也可能因未能支付其應承擔的租金而被驅逐。此外,未能支付部分租金的租戶違反了住房援助合同,因此他們不僅目前的租房處於危險之中,而且還面臨完全失去住房援助的風險。

租戶拖欠租金的原因有很多樣:失業、疾病、家庭緊急狀況、汽車維修等。生活中總會發生這樣的事情。除了食物和藥品之外,租金是最重要的,必須優先考慮。如果您因為公寓租金過高而拖欠房租,那麼請積極主動地考慮縮小租屋的大小,並在為時已晚之前嘗試與房東協商一個互惠的租約終止 (lease termination) 協議。

無論您決定要做什麼,都不要等到最後一刻。租戶常常以為到法院去,自己就會有時間支付租金餘額。然後,他們被迫在法庭上簽署具有法律約束力的和解協議,而不是進行可能導致佔有判決 (judgment for possession) 的聽證會。當有判決時,無論是經過審判或是缺席判決 (by default),租戶都有權在被鎖在門外 (lockout) 後三天內支付到期餘額。簽署和解協議 (settlement agreements) 的租戶將喪失該權利。租戶可能會簽署 “同意判決” (consent judgment) ,同意付到期的金額,或簽署 “付款並留下” (pay and stay),同意付款計劃。除非您百分之百確定自己能夠及時付款,否則不建議簽訂付款並留下 (pay and stay) 協議。透過簽署「付款並留下」協議,租戶同意分期支付餘額 (pay the balance in installments),並按時支付每月的定期租金。違反 (breach) 和解協議可能會導致被鎖在門外 (lockout) ,即使租戶在違約後拿出了所有應付的款項,房東仍可能會繼續驅逐租戶。

Central Jersey Legal Services (CJLS) provides free civil legal aid to low-income families and the elderly. If you have landlord-tenant disputes, domestic violence, social welfare, , consumer issues, etc., please call 732-249-7600. We have Chinese-speaking staff to serve you.

中部澤西法律服務處(Central Jersey Legal Services 簡稱CJLS) 專為低收入家庭和老年人提供免費民事法律援助。如果您有房東房客糾紛、家庭暴力、社會福利、消費等問題,請撥打732-249-7600。我們有會說中文的工作人員為您服務。

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