help my crazy roommate is throwing me out over 55 dollars , and my stuff too?

Question

ok i moved in with this lady that is a lot older than me i have been there about three weeks now i have been paying 150.00 dollars a week i have been on time untill just this last week i still owe 55 dollars to her but today when she got home she just flipped out on me started cussing at me telling me i haft to go and she was going to call the police , and i was like go ahead i didnt feel like i should haft to go right on the spot since i have paid more than 3 quarters of this weeks rent ,she was screaming and yelling , she turned off the power so i couldnt see in my room , she took my pillows away from me, saying thesse are hers and she didnt even want me to use her water, first of all the townhouse isnt hers it is a older couples that is letting stay her stay there, and she is letiing me stay there without them knowing , the police did come and it was obvious to them that she was a little wacko and told me that i should find another place , and i intend too , but do i have rights????

Additional Details

8 hours ago
and later that night i went to work and she left a voice message cussig me out which i saved telling me that my stuff is on the back porch and iam not getting back in , can she do this even you know the police said she cant what can i do to let her know that she cannot just put me out like that or can she please help

1 minute ago
now today i come home and my stuff was on the porch and there was a make shift eviction notice that she wrote up her self saying that i must be out in 24 hours and i cn not sit or touch any of her furniture bedinng or use her house water what is this????

Answer 1

Call the police, that's abuse!

Answer 2

Laws vary by jurisdiction, but regardless of where you live, you are entitled to a legal eviction process. You should seek the immediate advice of a lawyer in your area. Try legal aide or call the state bar for a referral to a lawyer.

No matter what happens, you are going to have to move, but you cannot be locked out or made to move within 24 hours without a legal process.

Answer 3

Check into the eviction laws in your state. If you've been living there and paying rent it is often a lengthy (60-90 days) process to formally and legally evict you. Perhaps the police can help with that and the tossing of your stuff?

Answer 4

Where I live (laws may vary) she couldn't legally kick you out. A friend of mine tried to kick out a guy who had never paid any rent. The police said since he had been living there, they couldn't make him move out, even though he was drunk and disruptive; he wasn't dangerous.
It normally takes at least 90 days to legally evict somebody who is not paying rent but doesn't want to move out.
Call the police and tell them to make her let you back in, if you want to. But do you want to stay with this wacko? I'd want to get my money back and sleep in my car! Maybe the police can help you talk her into refunding the last week's rent.
You can destroy the "eviction notice" if you want to; she can't prove you got it.

Answer 5

Most jurisdictions require a legal eviction through the courts. If you call the police they will probably tell her that she cannot throw you out without following the legal process.

Answer 6

Well, it doesn't sound like a legal problem as you don't have a legal agreement. She was "letting you stay there without them knowing". Neither of you are legal tenants, from what you said the owners are doing her a favor letting her stay there, and she in turned was doing you a favor. You really have no right to be there. SOrry.

Answer 7

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