Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California
Well my family and I have been renting for a year and a half. we paid our rent on time and then we recieved a leter from the bank telling us that the property was in default and that the lanlord hadn't paid the the mortgage for 5 months. after we contacted the property management company they told us that it didn't mean anything. then the next day they called and said the owner was putting it up for short sell. Now we have had to scramble to find a place to live. Is there anything I can sue the lanlord for in small claims court? He has pocketed all the rent money and now we have to come up with an unexpected move plus pay him for 3 more weeks of rent why we wait for our new pace to open. is there any claim for anything?
1 Answer from Attorneys
No. He could just as easily have paid the mortgage and then sold it and you'd be in the same position. If you are a month to month tenant, which it seems you were, you are never more than 30 days from the street, or 60 if you've been there over a year. It makes no difference if the owner pays his mortgage or not. That's none of your business.
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