Landlord Enrolled Me In Renter's Insurance Without My Knowledge (fl)
I'll try to give all the important details.
April 22 - Signed lease, was told by leasing office staff that we would need to either get $100k worth of renter's insurance or pay an added $25 a month charge.
April 24 - we get the policy
May 2 - new management company shows up. We try to show them the renter's insurance when we go to pay rent (as the online system was not yet set up). We are informed that this requirement changed to $300,000 with the management change
At this point I check my lease and the lease only requires $50,000 or you'll get a $25 added charge on rent. I forget about this and tell myself I'll get hit with the charge again, whatever.
My partner checked the mail today to find that the management company has enrolled him (but not me, oddly enough) in a renter's insurance policy for "failing to meet the requirement"
I don't see anything in the lease that would allow for this.
I emailed the landlord and attached the pertinent parts of the lease and the part where it says changes can only be made if it's in writing signed by all parties and asked them basically a more polite version of "please explain why you are allowed to do this, with these parts of the lease in mind". Also attached our current policy.
Did I do the right thing? If the lease says $50k or $25 a month, is what they did illegal? What should I do?
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