Q: No lease, 1.5 yrs of living in house, landlord said we must leave in 60 days due to renovations into commercial - legal?
We have never signed any lease agreement, have always paid rent on time, no issues. Now he is just kicking us out with 60 day notice during a pandemic because he wants to make the building into a store.
A: IF you currently are residential landlord-tenant and IF you have been there more than a year, then a landlord may not even issue a no cause termination notice until after the Covid-19 crisis is declared over (currently scheduled for September 30th but subject to change as the time comes closer) and then it must be in writing (not text, email, verbal, etc.) containing the required information, lawfully served, and providing at least 90 days advanced notice. So no, it does not sound as if your landlord has acted lawfully and you may well be entitled to damages if he has issued an unlawful termination notice. Depending where your rental dwelling is located, there may be additional violations as well. So you may want to consider reviewing everything with a local landlord-tenant attorney to verify the status of your situation and whether you have claims against the landlord. Good luck.
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