If I have full rights of residency in a house, can I rent a room out to someone?

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If I have full rights of residency in a house, can I rent a room out to someone?

I have full rights of residency in my mom’s home. Can I rent a room to someone in that

house? I need to pay bills.

Asked on October 2, 2019 under Estate Planning, Alaska

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 4 years ago | Contributor

What do you mean by "full rights of residency"? If you are a rent paying tenant in the home, you can sublet part of the space you rent so long as your lease does not bar it.
If you are an owner (on the title), you can rent out part.
But if you are not a tenant and not an owner, and your mother simply lets you live there, that does NOT give you the right as her "guest" (which is what you are legally) to rent out her space to another person; in this case, therefore, you could not do this.
If this does not answer you question, repost with additional detail about what you mean by "full rights of residency." 


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