You may owe rent until the unit is re-rented, but many states require the landlord to "mitigate" by trying to re-rent — limiting what you owe. Check for early-termination clauses too.
Breaking a lease early can make you responsible for the remaining rent, but it’s rarely as simple as owing the entire balance. Most states require landlords to make reasonable efforts to re-rent the unit ("mitigate damages"), which caps your liability to the vacant period plus reasonable costs. Your lease may also have an early-termination clause with a set fee. And some situations — military deployment, uninhabitable conditions, domestic violence — give you a legal right to break the lease without penalty.
Often no — most states require the landlord to try to re-rent the unit, limiting your liability to the time it sits vacant plus reasonable costs.
In certain situations — active military duty, uninhabitable conditions, or domestic violence in many states — you may have a legal right to terminate without penalty.
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