Are landlords powerless with respect to lease assignments

[Omar Lee]

Is anyone familiar with the "in and outs" of lease assignments? Especially with the respect to what the landlord can and can't allow. I read a landlord must be reasonable in allowing the tenant the ability to assign their lease. Reasonable?

[Kyle J.]

I don't allow it (nor am I required to in my state).  And my lease agreement expressly prohibits subleasing or assigning the lease without my prior written consent.  In fact, if the tenant were to actually do so without my prior written consent, the act of doing so can be grounds for me to terminate our lease agreement.