Types of Evictions

Evictions come for all sorts of reasons, and sometimes for no apparent reason at all. If you do not have a fixed term lease on your home or apartment, then your landlord can serve you a notice to vacate the property within thirty or sixty days. Here is a list of the common types of eviction faced:

·         Pay Rent or Quit: A Pay Rent or Quit notice moves fast. If you have fallen behind on rent, you can be served with a notice that requires you to pay the rent or vacate the premises within three to five days. To stop a Pay Rent or Quit notice you will need to move quickly.

·         Cure or Quit: Usually you are given a specified amount of time to stop or “cure” behavior or housing conditions in violation of your rental lease. One of the most common violations is having a pet in housing with a no pet clause. Other offenses might include loud partying, or smoking in a non-smoking apartment.

·         Unconditional Quit: An Unconditional Quit notice is usually not the first eviction notice a resident has received. Generally an Unconditional Quit is served only after repeatedly failing to pay rent, breaking clauses of the rental agreement, or criminal behavior such as drug dealing or prostitution.

·         30 Day Notice to Vacate: As long as you do not have a fixed term lease your landlord has the right to request that you vacate the premise. The 30 Day Notice is the shorter of the two normal no-cause eviction notices.

·         60 Day Notice to Vacate: The 60 Day Notice gives slightly more time, but requires no reason from the landlord.

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If your Landlord Refuses your Rent

So, you’ve been served an eviction notice. Generally, as long as you have not previously been served eviction papers within the prior twelve months, immediately paying back any rent you have not yet paid, plus your current rent will stays the eviction. However, what course of action is available to you if your landlord refuses to accept the rent you are seeking to pay?

Here are two options:

1.      Bring a witness with you when you try to pay your landlord. Be sure the witness will be able to come with you to court to testify that you have tried to pay back your landlord.

2.      Send your rent via certified mail. If the landlord refuses to receive the rent, bring the receipt for the mail with you to court. You will be able to prove that you tried to pay properly.

 Of course, if your landlord is no longer interested in having you as a tenant, it may be worth your while to look for housing elsewhere, too. But, keeping a roof over your head in the meantime is very important.   

 Interested in learning more about stopping your eviction right away? Renee Patterson has written an ebook just for you. Her book How to Stop Forclosure Evictions (available now as an ebook on Amazon!) gives essential information that can help stop your eviction today. Note: Renee Patterson’s book focuses on the eviction process in the state of California.

Making A Back-up Plan

Chances are that if you are facing eviction you have at least some notice. Of course, your hope is that the eviction won’t go through. You’ll be able to stay in your home, and life will go back to normal. For more information on stopping your eviction we recommend Keisha Joseph’s book:

However, sometimes an eviction does go through. Even as you work and plan and strive to keep your housing, you should keep in mind a back-up plan for if your suggested terms do not go through. So, what are some needs for that back-up plan?

 

1.      Housing. You need to find where you can go if this home is no longer available.

2.      Storage: Now is the time to investigate the options for storage, in case you don’t have a place to move your furniture/furnishings.  

3.      Help for moving. Do you have friends or family who can help you pack and move your home furnishings?

4.      Hope: This is not the end of the world, though it may seem that way right now. There is more life to come, and you can come back stronger than ever. In the words of Winston Churchill “Never give up!”

5.      A cheerful spirit. Are evictions fun and games. No. Never. Are people happier to help you when you choose to respond cheerfully rather than allowing your frustration to show? Always.

 

Covering these areas in case of the eviction can relieve stress, and allow you to better focus on the challenge of averting your eviction.

Hope During Eviction

The Crisis

The housing market crisis has left many families in tough situations. The market may be in recovery now, but for some families it is too little too late. No one wants to face eviction. Being forced to move out of a home can cause frustration, anger and even despair. You might be looking at your life wondering how on earth you will be able to find new housing and pack up your life within the time frame you’ve been given prior to eviction.

The Solution

There is hope. Many tenants have been able to leverage their position legally to extend the amount of time between home foreclosure and eviction. Often though, this can entail hiring an attorney or lawyer.

Keisha Joseph and her family faced this situation right at the height of the housing crisis in 2008. Using innovation and resourcefulness Keisha was able to legally extend the amount of time prior to their eviction date.

 

Keisha Joseph offers the information that gave her family another twelve months before they would have to face the eviction process. This added time allowed her family to locate a more stable home, relieving much of the stress they faced. Writing from the very position you may be facing, Keisha offers valuable insights and tips to make your move run smoothly.

 For the price of a value meal or less, she’s making this information available to you. Some of the information is specific to the state of California, but some of the information may help anyone facing an eviction.

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 To read more, click this link to her book How to Stop ForeclosureRelated Tenant Evictions on Amazon.