Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Delaware
eviction
in april my ex boyfriend and were renting a room on a month to month lease from some of HIS friends who live downstairs and rent rooms upstairs out. anyway my x he told me he would pay aprils rent went to jail a few times for hitting me and became spiteful and didnt pay the rent for the month of april we had already agreed he would pay aprils rent since i paid march rent and now ive paid mays rent as well but am still behind on april and he is in jail his friends my landlord is trying to evict me now even though they have been telling me that they would go to yhe dj's office to get a court date so that the state service center would pay my late april rent{they only pay rents if its considered an emergency} and i would need an actually court date for them to do that which my landlord has been assureing me they would do and havent now they are giving me a 30 day eviction notice and say i must vacate in 30 days is this legal? it feels like they are doing this because of their friendship with my x what can i do?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: eviction
CLASI - call community legal aid, they handle low income housing issues, see if they can assist you.
They have several offices around the state and an 800 number.