My landlord increased my rent in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic. My rent expired in August. Business has been very very dull for me that am running into debt now. I know I will not be able to continue with the rent. I wrote him that I want to quit the apartment by January 2021, which will be 6months after my rent expires. But he refused to accept the letter that I must indicate in my letter that I will be paying a certain amount to cover for the months I will be staying. I begged him explaining my situation but he is still insisting. Kindly advise me on how to go about this. Thanks

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Olatunjibaby:
My landlord increased my rent in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic. My rent expired in August. Business has been very very dull for me that am running into debt now. I know I will not be able to continue with the rent. I wrote him that I want to quit the apartment by January 2021, which will be 6months after my rent expires. But he refused to accept the letter that I must indicate in my letter that I will be paying a certain amount to cover for the months I will be staying. I begged him explaining my situation but he is still insisting. Kindly advise me on how to go about this. Thanks

I am just curious why do you write him? You are no longer on a lease? I am not a lawyer but if he increases your rent and you are unable to afford it you can just tell him you cannot afford the new rent. If am not mistaking the onus is now on him to take you to court to evict you and such process especially with Covid will likely takes 2 to 3 months at which point you will explain your situation to the judge. The judge can find against you but will give you probably one to two months to leave the apartment
On the other hand if you have someone you can stay with you can just leave immediately

I'm a peace lover, if I were you I would beg and beg , explain to him, then if he still insists, I would lock-up, the worst he can do is to give you quit notice, which still allows you to stay up to six months.

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Even if he gives you 6 months you will still pay for the 6 months . Just plead with him to give you time to recuperate from all these forms of lockdown.