Our goal is to help distressed homeowners in our communities, particularly where there are cultural and language barriers present.

Tenant further agrees that all alterations or repairs to the rental property will be performed only by personnel approved and sanctioned by the Landlord in writing.While not in "legalease" you could have your Council or paralegal translate it into formal clauses for inclusion in your lease document {we purposely try to keep our Schedule A in everyday language, but did have it reviewed by our Council}

I would have a personal guarantee on the lease from co signer.Look for language from any bank PG form.And see a lawyer, to make it enforceable.

We do it with this language, which we added after getting pulled into a "break-up" situation:In the event that Tenants decide they no longer want to live together, ___________ will be considered the primary Tenant to make decisions about modifying or terminating tenancy.

You must "speak their language" and work within their process.

@Asad JamalI would get a local attorney to review it and ensure it has all the required language for NC.

I'm really steaming about this, trying to relax, but it's really hard to swallow being treated like this by my own neighbors.As per CC&R's I've never found any language even relating to HOA responsibilities, let alone what.

Usually, the leases I see have language stating that Landlord has the right to provide utilities and I delete that and say that Tenant will go directly to the utility provider and we then add language to say that the utilities will be paid and pipes will not freeze and all that protective stuff -- or, the Landlord says that there is only one meter and we either state that Tenant will pay to separate or some other "sharing" language.However, in this recent deal the Landlord states that the utilities are separately metered but Landlord wants the right to force Tenant to buy the utilities from Landlord instead of the utility provider and even agrees that the cost will not exceed what Tenant would have paid the utility provider -- but Landlord has expressed on no uncertain terms (rather rudely in fact) that he will not change the language and will walk from the deal if we require the change.

The reasonable accommodation language several posters have mentioned is real.  

Normally when you buy a property your contract says "Seller provides free and clear title free of all liens and encumbrances" (or similar language).