Q: What can be done if you rent from your significant other family and they force you out, threaten to call police
On 10-15/22 I was forced to leave a mobile home I had been renting from my ex-boyfriends family , I had been at work and returned home to my kids scared and panicking due to the nature of words and actions that had been taking place and I arrived home to me and my kids belongings being thrown out, due to fear I had to relocate, lost all of my belongings( including those of my grandmother who had given me her valuables before her death in Aug of 2020). I had on numerous occasions asked for help in resolving some personal conflict due to my not having income to relocate and the family owning multiple housing and my boyfriend could have stayed somewhere else until I was able to leave but instead was forced out by the family, loss my job , emotionally unstable, currenly without my kids due to no suitable housing, and have endured much pain and longsuffering , relocated, loss of vehicle, mental anguish, panic attacks, etc
A:
Florida Statute 83.67 (6) provides that:
"A landlord who violates any provision of this section shall be liable to the tenant for actual and consequential damages or 3 months’ rent, whichever is greater, and costs, including attorney’s fees. Subsequent or repeated violations that are not contemporaneous with the initial violation shall be subject to separate awards of damages."
It is likely that your ex-boyfriend's family constitutes a "family" as used in this statute. In addition, they may have committed criminal acts; ask the police if they will prosecute.
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