Spanish Abstract: El contrato de leasing habitacional con destino a la vivienda familiar, se implemento en Colombia desde hace mas de una decada, siendo de mucha utilidad para el desarrollo de la economia del Pais, en especial para la adquisicion de vivienda. A pesar de su gran utilidad con la ejecucion del mismo, han surgido multiples conflictos, razones por las que es imperioso construir una regulacion legal armonizada con su filosofia, como lo es “Crear nuevos mecanismos de financiacion de vivienda a largo y mediano plazo en Colombia”. Todo lo anterior, para poderle dar un amplio desarrollo al postulado establecido en el articulo 51 de la Constitucion Politica de 1991, en el que se garantiza el derecho a acceder a una vivienda digna. Comoquiera que la regulacion juridica del leasing habitacional con destino a la vivienda familiar ha sido bastante escasa y teniendo en cuenta su naturaleza atipica, se requiere identificar cuales son las obligaciones que surgen para los contratantes, especialmente para el locatario; teniendo en cuenta que entre este y el bien dado en leasing existe una relacion tenencial. El leasing habitacional con destino a la vivienda familiar ademas de ser un contrato atipico, tambien es un contrato de caracter financiero, razones por las que las entidades autorizadas para celebrar este tipo de operaciones imponen al locatario diversas clausulas que pueden ser ajenas a la calidad de tenedor que tiene el locatario; y por ende, podrian resultar abusivas a la luz de la Constitucion Politica, la ley y la doctrina referente a la proteccion al consumidor. Conforme a la anterior realidad, tanto el legislador como la Corte Constitucional han establecido directrices para la implementacion de mecanismos que propendan por la proteccion del locatario, teniendo en cuenta que el objeto del contrato de leasing habitacional con destino a la vivienda familiar, recae sobre un derecho humano. Asi las cosas, resulta util identificar cuales son las obligaciones a cargo del locatario que no guardan relacion con su calidad de tenedor; para poder valorarlas y concluir que estas, rinen con las politicas de proteccion establecidas para el locatario. English Abstract: The leasing housing contract intended for family dwelling purposes was enforced in Colombia for nearly a decade, being quite useful for developing the country economy, in particular for the purchase of home. Despite the usefulness when executing it, several conflicts have arisen, reason why it is mandatory to build a legal regulation harmonized with its philosophy, such as “Creating new long and medium-term home financing mechanisms in Colombia”. All the foregoing in order to give a wide development to the postulate set forth in article 51 of the Political Constitution of 1991 that ensures the right to access to a decent housing. Since the legal regulation of housing leasing intended to family dwelling has been scarce and keeping in mind its atypical nature, it is required to identify what are the liabilities that arise to the contracting parties, in particular to the lessee, taking into account that between him and the good given in leasing there is a tenure relation. The leasing housing contract intended for family dwelling purposes besides of being an atypical contract is also a finance nature contract for which reason the entities authorized to enter into such type of transactions impose to the lessee several clauses that might be unrelated to the holder quality of the lessee; and thus, could turn out to be abusive in the light of the Political Constitution, the law and the doctrine regarding to the protection to the consumer. In conformity with the above mentioned reality, both the legislator and the Constitutional Court have set forth the guidelines to implement the mechanisms that seek for the protection of the lessee, bearing in mind that the subject matter of the housing leasing contract intended to family dwelling falls on a human right. Therefore, it is helpful to identify which are the liabilities of the lessee that are not related to his quality as holder in order to be able to assess them and conclude that they are in conflict with the protection policies provided to the lessee.