With the help of a grant from the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, Family Promise of Sussex County is pleased to offer a ten-part workshop series to educate both landlords and tenants on their rights and responsibilities. Topics will include housing discrimination, leases, rent increases, habitability, boarding houses and mobile homes and accessing local resources.
The classes will be every Tuesday starting Tuesday, September 10th from 5:30-7:00pm running until September 22nd, with a break the week of Columbus Day. There will also be a recurring eviction process video with an accompanying Q & A that has five individualized dates and times that interested attendees can enjoy. Our very own Frank Zywicki, J.D. will be leading the workshops to be held at our offices located at 19 Church St., Newton. I asked Frank the following questions.
What is the one consideration that both landlords and tenants should keep in mind before they enter a lease agreement?
Regarding your first question, one consideration that landlords and tenants should make when entering into a lease is that, when you sign that lease, you are entering into a binding legal agreement. Not only do the terms need to be strictly adhered to as a contractual agreement, but because it is a legal agreement, that agreement comes with rights for both parties, and such rights need to be observed and honored.
What is the one thing that you would like workshop participants to take away from these classes?
Regarding your second question, I would like the seminar’s attendees to take away a greater understanding of the rights referenced in my answer to your first question. As a continuing curriculum, we will be delving into those rights, so that Family Promise of Sussex County can help educate a community that facilitates better relationships among landlords and tenants. The more you know, the less litigious any problems encountered along the way become, creating transactions that are civil and peaceable for all involved.
Interested? Please contact us at 973-579-1180 for more information and to enroll.
You can register for classes online here:
https://familypromisesussex.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/19768