Heres a link to the “contract”: http://cuatthegrovesclemson.com
From the contract:
“Although Tenant may have visitors from time to time, it is understood that occupancy of the Premises is expressly
reserved for Tenant only, and any person occupying the Premises as a guest for more than seven (7) days during the Term
shall be treated as a guest only if the Agent is notified in writing by Tenant and consents thereto. Otherwise, the occupancy of
the Premises by an unauthorized guest in excess of said seven (7) day period shall be deemed a breach of this Lease, and
Landlord shall be entitled to recover from the Tenant and guest (whose liability shall be joint and several) an amount of rent
equal to that being paid by Tenant, in addition to the right of Landlord to declare this Lease in default and pursue any of
Landlord’s other remedies hereunder or by law.”
Although I am not taking sides here, I note that the Groves is essentially a private dorm, where rent is charged on a per person basis, not a per unit basis. I bet that the University would take the same position if this was on-camnpus housing, where room and board is per student, and two people were sharing the same space for the price of one.
My daughter’s rental agreement at college is per-person.
There is a remedy....and that is to notify the landlord of the circumstance. In other words, this whole thing is a lot of cr** and only got into the news because the landlord is nasty.