Q: my landlord is threatening an eviction after I said I am moving in 2 weeks and offered 2 weeks worth of rent
I asked him to use part of my deposit for the first half of the month because I wasn't sure of my move out date. He agreed via a dated text. I came home to a 3 day notice. He has now told me he will evict me unless I give a full months rent but he already accepted the deposit and I offered half a months rent. I will be gone within two weeks. He can either take the money and not evict me or pay to have me evicted when I've already said with well in advance notice that I am leaving. He has not fixed anything I have told him for a year that needs fixed and now mold has developed in many spots in the house. I want to move as soon as I can. Does he have a case to evict me?
A: To file an eviction, he only needs to pay the filing fee - even if he doesn't have a valid basis. An eviction is a permanent public record, even if he loses and the eviction is dismissed, and it can make it difficult to rent from a landlord who checks the records. So try to work it out with landlord to avoid an eviction being filed.
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