Purpose of Housing Agents?

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gothichildMember15 August 2018 11:07:40

I recently signed a one-year lease on a ground floor unit in the Pudong District.
A week after I moved into the apartment, the landlord requested for the apartment back, with no reason.

There is a clause in the contract that indicates, in the event of contractual termination by the landlord, they (the landlord) would have to return my 2 months deposit and compensate another 2 months (equivalent to the deposit). When I spoke to the agent (James) from Home of Shanghai, he simply told me the landlord refused to pay and that he did not want to get involved.

My question is, why have a contract if it cannot be honoured? I have had to incur such a lot of expenditure and inconvenience because Home of Shanghai and their agents ha e simply washed their hands off a cintract they have drawn.

Is there anything I can do?

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