Mittiyo Blogs is the knowledge hub for Mittiyo, a company working to make renting simpler, fairer and more transparent. Our guides are written and maintained by the Mittiyo Team, an in-house editorial group.
We cover two markets, and we are explicit about which one a guide is for, because rental law does not travel:
- India, where our product work is based, with particular depth in Bengaluru and Karnataka.
- The United States, where we publish state-by-state guides to security deposits, tenancy rights and the practical mechanics of getting money back from a landlord.
Every guide states its market in the title or the opening lines. We never mix jurisdictions inside a single guide, and our calculators are labelled for the country and currency they apply to.
What we write about
United States
- Security deposits, state by state: the return deadline, whether a cap exists, what a landlord may lawfully withhold, the penalty for bad faith, and how to actually sue in that state’s small-claims court.
- Renters’ rights: habitability and repairs, breaking a lease lawfully, renters insurance, and the screening and application process.
- Free tools: deposit-deadline lookup, deposit-interest calculator, demand-letter and notice-to-vacate generators, rent proration and roommate splits.
India
- Rental law and agreements: leave and license agreements, essential and illegal clauses, security deposits, lock-in and notice periods, registration and e-stamping.
- Tax and money: HRA, TDS on rent, Section 80GG, rental income, and the costs that actually add up for tenants and landlords.
- Moving and settling in: utility transfers, water and power, internet, address proof, police verification, and city-by-city cost of living.
- City guides: on-the-ground rental guides to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad and Chennai.
How we research
Every legal or tax claim is checked against a primary source: the actual statute, rule, regulation or official government portal, not a second-hand summary and not another blog. In India that usually means India Code, the Income Tax Department, or the relevant state authority. In the United States it means the state legislature’s own published code, the state Attorney General or official tenant guidance, and the specific state court system for small-claims procedure.
We cite the section, not just the site, so you can verify a claim yourself or quote it to a landlord. We date every guide, and legal guides carry a “last reviewed” date. We update them when the law changes.
The full standard, including our sourcing rules, review cadence, corrections process and what we will not publish, is set out in our editorial policy.
We write in plain language because most of our readers are not lawyers or accountants; they are people trying to make a confident decision about where and how they live.
A note on accuracy
These guides are general information and are not a substitute for professional legal or tax advice for your specific situation. Law varies by state, by city and by the facts of your tenancy, and it changes. If something here is out of date or you spot an error, we want to fix it: write to [email protected] or use the feedback box at the foot of any guide.
Our products
- know.place is live: a map of honest, building-level rental experiences across India, so you can see what residents actually say about a building before you sign.
- More tools for renters and landlords are on the way at mittiyo.com.