Fraudlent Landlord

[favgirl23]

Lynda in California: My family and I rented a home from our landlord last July, rent was $2,100 dollars. 3 months later my landlord came to me and said that she would have to raise my rent in order to stop from selling her house. We began paying $3,000 a $900 dollar increase in November of last year in order to stop her from having to sell her house and we have paid on time every month. With the rent increase we also signed a lease which is up on November 1st of this year. We just recently learned that our landlord is in foreclosure and the the rent increase we have been paying her to stop the sale of the house has been for nothing. What is our recourse, what are our rights as tenants in a home that is in foreclosure where the landlord fraudulently increases the rent to supposedly save her home. Please advise.What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?

 

[ecmst12]

If you did not have a signed contract (lease) stating your rent for a specific term, then your LL can raise the rent at any time, for any reason, with 30 days notice. It does not sound like you had a signed lease before the increase, so she did not do anything wrong.

 

[LindaP777]

we also signed a lease which is up on November 1st of this year.

Sounds like she did have a written lease.

 

[Zigner]

Sounds like she did have a written lease.

The lease was written up in Nov for $3,000/mo. Prior to that, there was no term-lease.

With the rent increase we also signed a lease which is up on November 1st of this year.

 

[Greg Loomis]

Lynda in California

What city?

There may be city ordinances that can help you.