Episode 52: Breaking Your Lease Early, Seven Best Practices

About this episode

Michelle Itkowitz discusses best practices for breaking a lease early.

Michelle Itkowitz, here. I have news! A version of this show is now being distributed by a real podcast network. It’s a terrific opportunity that I’m very honored to have. The name of the new show is “Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast” . You know how at the end of every episode I say, “the law belongs to you, but your ownership of the law is only as great as your understanding of the law, so let’s learn to live better…” So, the name of the new show is Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast. I am now working with the Broadway Podcast Network , a vibrant community of more than 190 shows and 15,000 episodes reaching a global audience of 12 million listeners. BPN is NYC based, it’s young, about 7 years old, it’s got an arts and creativity focus (and that’s a lot of my audience), but there’s so much else on there - it’s business, it’s self-improvement, it’s got awesome scripted dramas. In 2025, one of BPN’s original programs won a Webby, that’s like an Academy Award for a podcast. I think BPN is the right partner to help me help New York City’s middle-class tenants at scale. Here’s the updated show description, which expresses what I’m trying to do here with this…

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Itkowitz

Topics covered

• tenant rights
• lease agreements
• housing law
• self-improvement
• legal advice

Keywords

• breaking lease
• tenant law
• housing issues
• lease termination
• legal rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Broadway Podcast Network

Books & works: Learn to Live Better, a Housing Law Podcast

More episodes of Tenant Law Podcast

• Episode 58: Can you vacate a stipulation of settlement that you entered into in Housing Court if you later regret making the deal? · June 7, 2026 · 28 min
• Episode 57: Late Renewal? Protect Yourself from Overcharges on a Rent Stabilized Lease! · February 17, 2026 · 18 min
• Episode 56: Stop Negotiating with Your Landlord the Wrong Way; Housing Court Hack – Wrong Description of Apartment · January 27, 2026 · 23 min
• Episode 55: NYC Rental Housing Types Demystified · January 12, 2026 · 25 min
• Episode 54: A Powerful Defense to the Nonpayment of Rent that Few Tenants Know About; Multiple Dwelling Law 302 Explored! · January 4, 2026 · 25 min
• Episode 53: Can your landlord charge you an extra fee each month because you pay your rent electronically? · December 23, 2025 · 19 min