1. Who’s Responsible for Maintenance, Repairs and Care?

2. Responsibilities are shared by the landlord and tenant and identified by different resources.

3. Keys to Determining Responsibilities
Rental agreement terms
Check-in forms
Government regulations
Common sense

4. Check-in/Check-out Form
Identify items that may end up as deductions from the security deposit.
To make sure everything is in working order.
To make sure tenants know how to operate and care for equipment in unit.

5. What Happens when you don’t care for your living space?
Increased chance of sickness and injuries
Trouble with bugs and rodents
More danger of fire
Increased wear and tear to the rental unit
Spend more time looking for things
Deductions from security deposits
Embarrassed to bring friends
Could be grounds for eviction
Move-out cleaning will be much harder