Housing Laws

This law applies to leases created or renewed after June 29, 2017 and offers various protections to you if you are a protected tenant. First, you have the right to terminate your lease by providing certain written documentation to your landlord.¹

Second, if you are a protected tenant, your landlord cannot do any of the following because of your status as a protected tenant (your landlord may be able to do any of the following if s/he has another legal reason to do so):

• end your lease;
• fail to renew your lease;
• refuse to enter into a lease with you; or
• retaliate against you in renting or leasing a residence.²

Third, you have the right to install a new lock on your unit at your own expense (after informing your landlord) by:

• re-keying the lock if the lock is in good working condition; or
• replacing the entire locking mechanism with a locking mechanism of equal or better quality than the lock being replaced.³

Note: If your landlord requests a copy of the new key, you are required to provide him/her with one.⁴

¹ K.R.S. § 383.300(5)(a)
² K.R.S. § 383.300(3)(a)
³ K.R.S. § 383.300(4)(a)(1)
⁴ K.R.S. § 383.300(4)(a)(2)