cosmicfeline
Junior Member
My roommate and I live in the state of California. We are living in a 4 bedroom house and our two names are the only ones on the lease. We have 2 other roommates who our landlord has authorized to live here, but do not have any contract or written agreement with our landlord or with us. Both these roommates pay rent to us, which we then pay to our landlord.
The roommate in question (H.) essentially moved her girlfriend (domestic partner) in and gave her a key without asking. She is here about 5 nights a week, and they abusive toward each other-- fight extremely loudly and are physically violent towards each other. "H" has threatened us as well when we've tried to break up fights, and we do not feel safe living with her anymore. Our third roommate (M) wakes up multiple times a week to them fighting, and we are all under large amounts of stress and fear.
We gave her a 2 week written notice to move out, and told her we have legal grounds to give her 3 days since she has committed domestic violence. She says that what we're doing is illegal and is refusing to leave until she finds another place, but she doesn't seem to be looking.
Calling the police is not an option because in our town they do not show up for things like this. And if they did, we do not feel they would help the situation (evicting "H") and would probably just deeply enrage "H" and put us all in even more danger.
We know that in our county, after filing a 3 day eviction notice that the next step is to file an unlawful detainer lawsuit. We really want to find a better way to have H move out of the house, since a lawsuit could take a month and we don't have the money or resources to file a lawsuit.
We have thought about changing the locks but we don't know if that is legal. We want as much advice as possible about what is legal and what could get us in trouble. We just want to get her out as soon as possible because we are under so much stress and anxiety having her here.
Thanks
The roommate in question (H.) essentially moved her girlfriend (domestic partner) in and gave her a key without asking. She is here about 5 nights a week, and they abusive toward each other-- fight extremely loudly and are physically violent towards each other. "H" has threatened us as well when we've tried to break up fights, and we do not feel safe living with her anymore. Our third roommate (M) wakes up multiple times a week to them fighting, and we are all under large amounts of stress and fear.
We gave her a 2 week written notice to move out, and told her we have legal grounds to give her 3 days since she has committed domestic violence. She says that what we're doing is illegal and is refusing to leave until she finds another place, but she doesn't seem to be looking.
Calling the police is not an option because in our town they do not show up for things like this. And if they did, we do not feel they would help the situation (evicting "H") and would probably just deeply enrage "H" and put us all in even more danger.
We know that in our county, after filing a 3 day eviction notice that the next step is to file an unlawful detainer lawsuit. We really want to find a better way to have H move out of the house, since a lawsuit could take a month and we don't have the money or resources to file a lawsuit.
We have thought about changing the locks but we don't know if that is legal. We want as much advice as possible about what is legal and what could get us in trouble. We just want to get her out as soon as possible because we are under so much stress and anxiety having her here.
Thanks