I am separating from the military this month and am moving out of state at the end of the month. I submitted my orders and notice at the middle of last month and the my apartment's admin said they were sending it up to "corporate" for review. They took two weeks to get back to me finally today, and are trying to tell me that I can not cancel my lease because of the "military clause" section of the lease that states it is only for PCS/Deployment. There is nothing in the lease about waiving protections afforded by the SCRA.

    I printed out the law straight from the government's website and showed it to them and they told me that they are not subject to the SCRA because of the military clause. Now I have done a lot of reading today about this and am 99% sure these guys are wrong, but they basically told me to take a hike. I got in touch with the legal department at my base but they weren't able to schedule me to speak with a military attorney until the end of next week, so I'm basically wondering if anyone here has any advice in the meantime to make these people understand they are in the wrong here. I would obviously like to get this sorted out ASAP since I am in the process of planning my move out of here and everything. Any help is much appreciated!

    Landlord is refusing to terminate separation lease
    byu/Patient_Soil_4941 inMilitaryFinance



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    1. You’re correct. A separation move is a PCS. Your legal assistance office is the correct place to go for help. I suppose you could ask for a contact with “corporate” to see if you could talk to a higher level.

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