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I found out that my landlord does not own the house I have been renting from him [Pennsylvania]

By Anon

I signed a year-long lease with my landlord (I’ll call him C) back in March to rent a house. Yesterday, a guy (I’ll call him H) shows up at my house claiming that C doesn’t own the house – H does, and H wants to work something out with me to rent from him. I was exceptionally dubious, to say the least.
However, I contacted C, and got this in response:
I am very sorry that you have been subject to this issue between H                                              
and me.  I will contact my attorney first thing in the morning.
H is correct he does own the house and we are attempting to work   
out the sale without having to sue him fro non-performance.   His 
attorney has discussed this matter with my attorney and I was  
under the impression that H and his attorney were working to clear 
the lien on the property.  In the meantime I would rent the hosue in  
order to minimize the damages that I would collect from H.  I have 
not heard anything that would suggest otherwise.  I am very  
surprised that he approached you.  
I am not sure what is going on.  I will speak with my attorney in the   
morning and will circle back with you. 
I have a few questions:
Do I need a lawyer? I can’t really afford one, but I can see that this could get pretty ugly pretty quickly.
Is C’s lease with me valid?  Should I stop paying him rent?  If the lease is void, do I have any recourse to get the rent/security deposit that I paid to him back?  Can he evict me from a house he does not own?
Can H evict me, or call the police and claim that I am trespassing?  Can he legally enter the house I am renting?
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Edited on: Thursday, March 28th, 2013 8:41 am
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