In California how long do you have to live at a residence before it can be considered your address? I have been living at the same place for 4yrs now. We recently got new owners who have hired a property management company. Now all of the sudden this management company from hell is telling me that I don't count because my name is not on the lease. When they first met us everything was peachy, their rep said she would bring by an application for me to fill out but it would only be a formality. She assured us that there would be not screening process. After 3 months, no application so I called her on it. She responded by mailing me an application and expects me to pay a $30.00 credit check fee and has left me a voice mail stating that because I am a "guest" who has visited for over 15 days I must first be approved by them in order to be able to continue to stay. This can not be right. I live in Oakland California any insight?
2007-06-05 08:24:20 · 4 answers · asked by babycattos 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You have left out some important facts. Who is on the lease? Do they still live there? Have you been paying rent every month? Who did you pay it to? Do you have proof (cancelled checks)?
If you have been paying rent to the previous owner all these years and the previous owner was accepting it, you have established a month-to-month tenancy--even if it was not in writing. You are not a guest. (Letting you stay in there for three months before giving you the application helped your case too!)
To throw you out, they need to give you a 30 day notice to quit, unless you fail to pay the rent, in which case they can give you a 3 day notice.
Then it's off to court to argue about it. Lots of trouble and bad blood all around.
Instead, send the property management the completed application, the $30 and a letter stating that as a good tenant for all of these four years, you are happy to help them update their records.
If they don't approve you, they still have to evict you. But remember that in California someone with a month-to-month tenancy can be asked to leave at the end of the thirty day notice period for any reason, or for no reason (unless the reason is age, sex, race or disability discrimination).
Peace out.
2007-06-10 12:54:34 · answer #1 · answered by raichasays 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if the Landlord/Tenant laws are different in Utah, but it doesn't sound to me like you are not an "official resident" under the terms of the lease because you are not on the lease. Just because you have lived there doesn't make you part of the lease. Are you living with a friend or a boyfriend that is part of the lease and you are not? Are you trying to be on the lease? You might want to read the lease that your friend/boyfriend that you are staying with has with them and it will define the terms of "guest" if it is a decent lease. But it sounds to me like you are in the wrong. They are not being very nice or accommodating, but they are not in the wrong. I would contact the Legal Aid of CA like the other poster said just to make sure. Good Luck
2007-06-05 09:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by KDJ_4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call Legal aid for california
Toll Free: (800) 693-5209
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=california+legal+aid&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8
2007-06-05 08:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-05 00:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋