A tenant may give the landlord notice of termination within 30 days of the date an assignment request is made if the tenant asked the landlord for consent to assign the rental unit …

a) and the landlord refused;

b) and the landlord did not respond within 7 days of the request;

c) to a potential assignee and the landlord refused consent to the assignment of the rental unit;

d) to a potential assignee and the landlord did not respond within seven days after the request is made.

All landlords should be aware that:

1. The assignment of a rental unit to a potential assignee cannot be arbitrarily or unreasonably refused;
2. A landlord who has given general consent to the assignment can refuse consent to a specific assignee;
3. A landlord may only charge a tenant reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in giving consent.