Restrictions due to insurance policies which prohibit them from being installed.
Rent a room put lock on door.
Are reasons enough to need access to the apartment after your tenant has received reasonable notice of course.
Locks of any kind on bedroom doors are prohibited and landlords have.
Roomers do not enjoy all the rights of tenants.
Deeper question is whether where you rent this room is a licensed boarding house.
The room is rented just by the individual tenant.
Repairs to the unit inspections etc.
Otherwise it sounds like the landlord is violating many of the tenant s rights laws.
Keypad locks are a type of lock that uses a keypad usually with numbers on it to secure the door.
It changes though if they all rent their room on an individual basis and each have their own tenancy agreement for the exclusive use of their room and shared use of the other parts of the property.
Another option that many landlords are turning to these days are keypad locks.
Then you do need to have a lock on the door as the other tenants have no right to go in there.
To your question yes of course you can lock your door.
If you do allow your tenants to change the lock to the unit make it clear in the lease that they must provide a key for you.
But without a lease the landlord clearly has the right to evict you on short notice if this.
To open the door you simply type in the appropriate code and then you can open the door.
If you are simply a roommate that is a different story and the defense the landlord would likely make.
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