How can a foreigner sign an ‘occasional rental’ agreement?

At Leach & Lang, we have met with such questions many times when it comes to renting flats or houses to people of different than Polish nationality. A foreign person may sign an occasional lease agreement, similar like a Polish citizen, but must meet one of the following conditions:

1.  have own real estate in Poland. For example, a person who owns an apartment in Warsaw, moves to Krakow (due relocation in the company) and rents an apartment here. He can therefore choose his own apartment in the capital as an apartment for a possible move out.
2.  have a trusted person (among family or friends) who agrees to indicate their property as a flat to move out (or relocate) if the lease has ended or has been terminated.

In practice, therefore, for a person who comes to Poland and doesn`t have any friends or family here, meeting these conditions may be very difficult; though a foreigner cannot indicate real estate outside the territory of the Republic of Poland.