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Were you a month to month tenant? If not, why would you sign a lease that lets the landlord break it with 60 days notice? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpos

Were you a month to month tenant? If not, why would you sign a lease that lets the landlord break it with 60 days notice? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of having a lease in the first place?

jandrese 7y ago
Every lease I've seen has a provision that allows the Landlord to kick you out if you are deemed to be a nuisance. IIRC there are renters rights in many areas that make this more difficult, requiring a court order typically, but not all areas have this and Landlords will put those clauses in the lease regardless just in case the tenants aren't familiar with the law.
- tathougies 7y ago
  I mean, most HOAs will kick you out if you are deemed to be a nuisance, as can a city council.
  - jandrese 7y ago
    HOAs don't have the power to evict you from your own house. They might act like they do, but they don't. Their power basically ends at sending sternly worded letters and in exceptional cases putting a lien on the property. If the homeowner just ignores their letters they can't do much.
    - tathougies 7y ago
      Yes, they can? An HOA is added to the deed agreement. A typical HOA will be allowed to put a lien on the house if you do not pay them the agreed upon fee, and -- crucially -- whatever other fees they determine. Thus, if an HOA wants to kick you out for any reason, they mostly just have to continue to fine you until you can no longer pay, at which point they ask a judge, and take the house.
      - jnwatson 7y ago
        You can’t foreclose a house due to a lien. It only impacts selling the house.
        tathougies 7y ago
        Yes they can? https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hoa-liens-foreclosures-an-overview.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hoa-liens-foreclosur... In california for example, an HOA just has to get you to have $1800 in unpaid fines before they can simply evict you and sell the house to recuperate the costs.

Were you a month to month tenant? If not, why would you sign a lease that lets the landlord break it with 60 days notice? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of having a lease in the first place?

jandrese 7y ago

Every lease I've seen has a provision that allows the Landlord to kick you out if you are deemed to be a nuisance. IIRC there are renters rights in many areas that make this more difficult, requiring a court order typically, but not all areas have this and Landlords will put those clauses in the lease regardless just in case the tenants aren't familiar with the law.

tathougies 7y ago
I mean, most HOAs will kick you out if you are deemed to be a nuisance, as can a city council.
- jandrese 7y ago
  HOAs don't have the power to evict you from your own house. They might act like they do, but they don't. Their power basically ends at sending sternly worded letters and in exceptional cases putting a lien on the property. If the homeowner just ignores their letters they can't do much.
  - tathougies 7y ago
    Yes, they can? An HOA is added to the deed agreement. A typical HOA will be allowed to put a lien on the house if you do not pay them the agreed upon fee, and -- crucially -- whatever other fees they determine. Thus, if an HOA wants to kick you out for any reason, they mostly just have to continue to fine you until you can no longer pay, at which point they ask a judge, and take the house.
    - jnwatson 7y ago
      You can’t foreclose a house due to a lien. It only impacts selling the house.
      - tathougies 7y ago
        Yes they can? https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hoa-liens-foreclosures-an-overview.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hoa-liens-foreclosur... In california for example, an HOA just has to get you to have $1800 in unpaid fines before they can simply evict you and sell the house to recuperate the costs.