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You can get out of your lease if you meet the lease termination requirements outlined in your lease. If moving is not one of your lease termination options, you need to get your landlord's permission. Once the landlord grants permission, you need to get him to sign a statement modifying the original lease and providing that you all are allowed out of the lease due to your move.

If you landlord will not let you out of the lease, you need to find a sublessee to pay the rent, but if the sublessee does not pay the rent, you and your husband will have to pay the rent unless the landlord has entered into a new rental agreement with the sublessee.

If your landlord will not let you out of the lease and will not let you sublease, you will have to pay the rent until the landlord finds a new tenant. The law requires the landlord to mitigate his damages, which means he has to actively look for a new tenant. Many landlords, however, are sneaky. They will continuously show potential tenants other apartments so that by the time the needed apartment is leased, the lease was already up anyway.

Best wishes in this matter.

Ofcourse you can always ask....and if you have a clause in your contract that allows a tenant to leave if a job opportunity pops up elsewhere then you can go.

If there is no such clause the landlord does not have to let you out....he is entitlted to keep your deposit and charge you for rent until the apartment is rerented. He has a duty to try and rent the apartment as quickly as possible but you have to pay until then....good luck.

Sometimes, an apt. complex will work with you on this by trying immediately to rent it out to someone else. If they can find someone, they will release you of your obligation. But, they would be doing this as a favor, not as the general rule. Also, you can ask if you can transfer to another apt. complex in your new city that is owned by the same management company. (If they are a chain).

You may be charged an additional months rent. Ask your landlord.