Q: Myself,adult son,adult daughter and her boyfriend moved into apt over a year ago..complex manager approved all of us.
With my son being the only one written on the lease, and 2dogs. She knew about each of us living here and gave us approval to live here. 3 months ago she lost her job here and a new manager was brought in. Daughter and boyfriend moved out in may 2017. Now we are being harassed about myself telling us that I need to be screened to continue staying here. I have been living here since day 1. What are our rights? They have given us till end of this month to get screened. Now also what happens if I am not approved ? Also this is the same property management that approved ALL four of us from the beginning,nothing has changed other than the office onsite manager. Each of us paid equal part of rent and now since daughter and boyfriend moved out in may, son and I split rent.
A: You should have been at least listed on the lease as permitted occupants - but that is behind you now. As long as they accepted rent for 3 or more months knowing you were there, they likely have waived their right to terminate your son's lease or evict you directly. However you don't say what sort of tenancy you all have - a fixed term lease or a month to month tenancy? If a fixed term, they can always refuse to renew it upon expiration; if a month to month tenancy, then they can simply issue you a 60 day no cause termination of tenancy notice. So all in all, you may want to try to work something out and/or simply submit to the screening and see what happens (though I would review the screening criteria first and talk with the management). Good luck
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