Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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use offic* off campi I it | m,gm jlaniJi Mo!! KOpOrU tt i * * ? OCSS estimates 2,300 people visit its office each year, mostly during the summer. In addition to the roommate and property listings, the office holds an apartment fair in the spring and has resources, such as a guide to living off campus, available free of charge. A new service the office offers is sabbatical listings. USC professors who are going on sabbatical The rights and responsibility of both landlords and tenanl have been defined by the Sout Carolina Tenant Residential Ac i nis law descriDes the respons bilities of both landlords and tei ants and provides remedies fc both parties when the other fail to live up to his or her respons bilities. The legislation is fairly con prehensive, and it would not b advantageous to quote directl from it because of the possibilit of statements being misinterpret ed or taken out of context 1. The Landlord Tenant Act wa written to provide fairness t both tenants and landlords. Ifyoi nave an apartment Dut neea a roommate? New to town and need a place to live? ^ Own a house and want to sublet for the summer? Off-Campus Student Services, located in Russell House Room 235, also the Carolina Productions office, can help you out. lne omce primarily provides housing services for students who hye in the general Columbia community, said Tammy Ray, graduate coordinator for the office. "A lot of students are graduate students, probably 75 percent," Ray said. "Here, we focus on property, not getting students involved in student life. Usually each college or department has its own crroun for graduate students " => serves understand wnat you are signing. If you would like, we will read s over the lease with you. o 3. Be sure any oral maintenance a agreements are put in writing in mate information. One book lists people with apartments who need a roommate. Another lists those without housing who need a roommate. The third lists properly that is for rent, sale or subleasing. The property lists vary from apartments and efficiencies to houses. USC students, faculty and staff can list in any of the notebooks for free. The office charges a small fee for anyone not affiliated with the university to list. js feel that you are not being treatis ed fairly, you should question the h actions of the landlord, t. The best way to do this is to i- contact Off Campus Student l- Services first. We are not attor>r neys and cannot give you legal Is advice; however, we are familiar i- with the Landlord Tenant Act and can sometimes provide you i- with some direction as to how you e might resolve the conflict. y y 2. When signing rental agreet ments, be sure you know and 10 OlUUCJLllO OFF-CAMPUS STUDENT SERVICES and would like to rent their homes during those times can file the information with the office. The office also has three notebooks with housing and room te, M~~M ? \ " 1 I ^sSk * GINT senior Robert Hj Look for April the lease. 4. If anything is being < out in or written in the 1 should be initialed by be and the landlord. 5. Always follow up any oi versations with a landl writing. This can be an ir friendly note?just sometl I?ji?i i ? ICl MIC lOllUiUIU M1UW SU11 is "in writing" regardin conversation. 6. In most situations, vs irros roads a magaz the Ap< 116, Ju without a H landlord s day notice give a 30 and to giv normally t Tossed ease, it 7. Deposil ?th you and there frame the the deposi rol /*nn_ ..?iL ?- J - l?i wu- Willi CVlUt ord in portion of lformal returned, [ling to lething 8. When g your apartment of the facil aged or in nth or von move i S^**; 22 pp^w ine in his off-camp?ii artmenl ne 3 an lease both you and tl ire required to give 3 s. Remember to alwai -day notice in writir e it on the date rent lue. ts are normally charge ! is a designated tim landlord has to retui t to you or provide yo snce as to why all or ' \miir mnnmr iirno n/ JVUI luuiicj VY as in, you move into th , do a careful inventor lity. If things are dan i need of repair whe n, you need a record ( !^V *$J ^H i apartment oa Greene Street. t Guide again d July 9! ie it in the event the landlord tries 0- to charge vou for those damages when you move out. Furnish the [a landlord with a written record of your inventory. sd 9. When you are having a conie flict with a landlord, try to keep the lines of communication open. a Be tactful. >t 10. Please report problems to the Off Campus Student Services e office. We may be able to assist ^ you and we need to be aware of n the landlords that are causing >f problems.