I got the question from a tenant: he will go to unemployment because his job is close due to coronavirus and he wants to know about the rent. I have a mortgage for the house to pay. I still have to pay insurance and water bill. I'm self-employed and due to coronavirus I can;t work either. I'm not ri...
Originally signed a relet to begin 4/1. Paid rent up through 4/1. Received a phone call from property manager on 3/9 to get out of the premises on 3/16 for reletters to start on 3/21. Confirmed with property manager on 3/12 that the relet would begin on 3/21 and that prorated rent would be used towa...
I've been living at the Days inn in humble Texas since October the 6th 2019. My job is currently shut down due to the coronavirus. My family has been helping me pay for the room. Is there anything that I can do to at least have a couple weeks to find a place to live? Also I never filed to get a refu...
We are seeking advice from an attorney regarding COVID-19's impact on our ability to pay rent and what legal standing/grounds we would have to delay rent payment during this crisis. We are also seeking advice on what legal justification we would have for early termination of our rental lease agreeme...
Hi. Since this entire coronavirus pandemic, I was told by the Sheriff's office that my local county (Solano) is not doing evictions at this time. We were already going to start the process the week before the order was issued by the governor. My question is since I'm staying at an extended stay plac...
My lease is almost up and I'm going to be out on the street otherwise. I'm basically wondering if during this coronavirus event if there would be some kind of exception that could extend my lease or otherwise to keep me housed during these times.
We are supposed to move our small business at end of this month. Already signed new lease (big triple net one) and started renovations now on hold. Our official first month rent due is 4/1 given current situation what can we do being in 2 locations? We had to close on 3/13. New lease has every hold ...
We signed a short term rental agreement (4 months) on 3/11 for a furnished apartment in West Hollywood LA. We paid the first month rent & security deposit. Upon signing the lease we asked the landlord if there would be any flexibility to break the lease if needed, given the uncertainty around COVID....
Daughter is grad student in Pittsburgh. Current lease runs until end of July. New signed lease begins August. We reside in Washington state. Due to Covid19 school is currently online. Daughter would like to come home and end her current & future lease. Landlord says she cannot break signed lease. Wi...
Hello. I currently have my parents, nephew and sister living in my house. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, I am very concerned about the health of my family, particularly my parents, as both are over sixty and with pre-existing medical conditions. However, my 40 year-old sister insists on pr...
My family runs a restaurant and the lease is under my sister's name. I am the primary person running the restaurant and my sister's day job is a full-time elementary school teacher. Due to stay-at-home order to minimize the spread of coronavirus, the restaurant is operating at a huge loss and it can...
Hi, I am based out of Fort Lauderdale, FL and my lease is set to expire mid april 2020. With the covid-19 outbreak, I was wondering what would happen in my situation where we might possibly be under mandatory quarantine or even martial law? Would I still be forced to move out? Or would they make us ...
Saturday at 8:55am my landlord texted me telling me she will be at the property I rent to do weeding and she would help herself into the upstairs part of my unit to inspect an ongoing leak I've had since November that she never took care of (that I don't deem as an emergency at this point because it...
My brother gave eviction notice 2/20/20. Now no evictions due to covid 19? Tenants always late, or don't pay full amount or don't pay at all. No rent at all since dec 2019, then when they got the notice they offered to pay. He refused to accept because he wants them out. I will be moving in when the...
I was laid off from my company, along with 14 other people, due to COVID-19 related downsizing. The company will be laying off more people as well. Am I allowed to legally ask for a deferral on my rent payment for the upcoming month? Is it possible to ask for a deferral on other payments....
I’m an independent contractor and lost all my assignments last and this month. Currently on stay at home orders. Work will be picking up again after the crisis. Am I obligated to pay rent this month? I live in a low income apartment, but not Section 8. How do I find out?...
My landlord is asking me to move out on April 1st and trying to get me to leave my calling the police and telling them I have corona, telling me I can’t store food in my kitchen anymore and a few other “constructive eviction” steps. Are there any legal steps I can take to make them stop this ? Many ...
Our over tenant has tried to push us out of our studio apartment during the COVID 19 crisis in NYC. We have refused to leave on the grounds that we have no balance with them and cannot be evicted if there was non payment as the governor has halted evictions. They communicated that they are leaving t...
We signed a 2 year lease on our dream apartment at exactly the wrong time. We have provided the first months rent and security deposit. We are now going to lose our source of income due to coronavirus. We want to figure out if it is possible to cancel the lease in any way? Or if we have to move in, ...
I live in the State of Michigan. The Governor of the state of Michigan signed an executive order that no evictions are to be executed due to the Coronavirus so that you can shelter to protect ourselves from Covid 19. I am homeless and I've been staying at this hotel for six months paying a daily rat...
