My friend was given 30 days notice to vacate her apartment. She is always on time with her rent, and has lived there for about 2 years. They didn't give her a reason... and legally, they don't have to. The question is, why would they do this?

Emland

Maybe they are planning to do something different with the property. Have any other tenants been given notice to vacate?

ScottGem

There are a variety of reasons. They may want to rent it to a relative, may be selling the property to someone who wants to live in it, or any of several other possibilities.

ducati321

This is actually in an apartment building, a very nice one in fact. They don't sell the units - they just rent them. It's not like a town home, or rental house. sorry - I should have mentioned this.

ducati321

sorry, I think i'm posting this twice...

it's not a town home, or rental house. it's an apartment building. as far as I know, she is the only tenent being evicted. i'm trying to see if there is a common practice like: the landlord wants to raise the rent, or if it something less scrupulous like: she is gay, or asian... etc... (in which case, she may have legal ground to stay)

Emland

Has she tried asking them? Perhaps it was a clerical error.

My best friend was a property manager for a company who managed a property that went from being subsidized to a regular type of property. They didn't evict anyone early, but they refused to renew a lease to anyone on Section 8.

She refused to renew the lease to one woman who repeatedly didn't curb her dog. Another time for a tenant who got complaints from neighbors for noise, etc. There could be various reasons and although they are not required to give a reason, it wouldn't hurt to ask. Landlords love having units rented, I can't imagine them asking her to leave without good reason.

ducati321

She did in fact ask, they said "we don't have to tell you". Which is why this is so disturbing. She has 5 cats, but she has paid the appropriate deposit for this. and to the best of my knowledge, they haven't screwed up the place. I agree that landlords prefer to have units filled... which is why this is puzzling. I guess there is no real easy answer to this. (???)

Fr_Chuck

They may be planning on getting a different level of client for the apartment, getting rid of section 8 those with annoying pets and the such.

ducati321

Thanks for all the responses folks. I do appreciate the help.

Emland

I going to guess it is the 5 cats. Although many properties allow them and charge out the ying-yang for them, they don't like tenants to have animals. (From my experience with my friend)