Landlord Question and Answer Forum

well on August 25th my lanlord put the duplex i live in on the market to be sold the next day she showed up at my house with a letter advising me of this and to vacate the apartment by september 30th 11:59 pm, is this legal? When I asked why she was doing that she replied: "We need one of the apartments open for showings" mind you i have two kids a newborn and a 2 1/2 yr old toddler on disability. Do I have any rights to get more time to move? Someone please help

If your lease specifies that your landlord can give a thirty day notice; then she is within her time-frame. If she would have put any of what she said in writing - I beleive evicting you for having a child on disabillity probably goes against some Fair Housing regulations. The problem is that if it was a verbal statement....it is hard to prove. You can contact your local housing agency. Additionally, if you have been frequently late on rent or have broke lease regulations; it would be hard for you to fight against this. Perhaps you can speak to this landlord and ask for some additional time?

Posted by Denise S, PA on Friday, August 28, 2009