Q: Can a landlord evict you if you disagree with paying more rent each month then you were?
None of this helped that I lost my job at the same time. But my landlord really stick it to me when he said he wanted to raise the rent and if I didn't agree then to leave. He had a bank official come through out place and they said that the place was uninhabitable and that the bank would not give him a refinanced loan unless he agreed to remodel. Hence he had to get me out.
A:
If you are renting month to month your rental agreement is only for 30 or 31 days. That means that your agreement only lasts for that month and your landlord is within his right to tell you with enough notice that the rent next month is going to be higher. If you do not agree you have to find a new place to live.
That said, if you have a year to year lease or for longer then your landlord cannot raise your rent unilaterally until the end of the year, and then he can propose a higher rent for the next year.
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