Can my landlord do this?
By bill bob
I have rented from my lanlord for a little more than three years and I have a wife and two kids. I had quit my job for personal reasons that I had worked for five years and began having problems paying. I told him right then that I didn’t think I would be able to keep living there due to how expensive it is. He then told me he was more than able to work with me on this issue and I told him I would greatly appreciate it and would pay asap. I was able to get it caught up and had began my new job so it wasn’t a problem. Then my new job started not having work not available and I was laid off. I haven’t had a lease since the first year I lived here and when I began falling behind again he would tack on $10 a day late fee. Now I know without the lease I am not obligated to pay it but I figured he said he would work with me so I would work with him. When I contacted him from falling behind I asked if he could stop the late fees and I could catch the rent up fully then i could pay him payments on the late fees that i had so it wouldn’t be so much to catch up and stay caught up, but he was unwilling. Now at $750 a month two hundred eighty to three hundred dollars a month is alot extra and I cannot get caught up. My question is without a lease in the state of pennsylvania is he able to evict me in ten days or is there a law requiring him to give me more time?
Edited on: Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 5:41 pm
One Response to “Can my landlord do this?”
Anonymous April 2nd, 2009 6:29 am |
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First of all the lease you initially signed is still valid. When your lease agreement expired it automatically kicked over into a month to month agreement. The terms you originally agreed to are still legally binding. I’m sorry to hear about your employment situation, however, it doesn’t make much of a difference as to why you are behind in rent payments. |
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