Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

When the new owner takes title to the proeprty, that owner will notify you that they have purchased the property. Depending upon the purchaser, you may be contacted and asked whether you would like to continue living in the property, or you may receive some sort of notice to vacate.

Ask your landlord for the name and contact information of the lender and any company handling the foreclosure sale; if it will not give it to you, go down to the County Recorder's Office and look up the information as to the property. If you still can not get the information, tell the landlord you were unsuccessful and that unless you get the information you have no choice but to put the money in trust until it can be decided who is entitled to it.

Mr. Shers advice is terrible. First off the lender will never talk to you if you are not the borrower, so finding the lender does nothing for you. Second, the property being in foreclosure give you absolutely NO right AT ALL to withhold rent. Your landlord would have the right to evict you and sue you for the rent, and would still have the right to continue the suit for the rent even after the foreclosure. Your landlord has the right to the rent until they lose the property. Trust me, after the foreclosure the new owner will contact you, as Mr. Hoffman says. You will then have a minimum of 90 days to stay in the property, as long as you pay any subsequent rent that comes due to the new owner.