Unit 7: Housing Vocabulary

A document a potential tenant fills out so a landlord can decide if they're qualified to rent the apartment.

• application / rental application

• lease / rental agreement

• notice to vacate

A person in your apartment that's not on the lease and is not subletting, but is paying to dwell there.

• boarder

• lessee

• roommate

A signer of your lease who won't be residing or living in the apartment.

• Co-signer

• Co-tenant

• Lessee

The formal process where your landlord terminates your lease and asks you to vacate or leave your apartment within a period of time

• Eviction

• Lease

• Rental Agreement

A temporary visitor to your apartment who does not reside there.

• Guest

• Renter

• Lessee

The owner of your property, or an agent of the owner, who leases out the apartment.

• Landlord

• Renter

• Lessee

A residential tenancy agreement, a contract between you (and your co-tenants) and the landlord or owner.

• Lease

• Contract

• Landlord

is the tenant or person living in the apartment

• Lessee

• Lessor

• Landlord

is the landlord or owner who provides the lease to you

• Lessor

• Lessee

• renter

A formal notice given to the landlord by a tenant stating they intend to end occupancy of the premises and not renew the lease

• Notice to vacate

• Notice to renew

• Notice to move