St Louis Park landlord forces eviction for gun ownership!

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That's always a risk with month to month. It can be terminated at any time by either side, with 30 days notice.

Of course, the video makes it clear the reason why the landlord is terminating the rent, and I'm not sure if that will lead to any legal issues. My guess is that if he is behind on rent, the best case scenario he should hope for is to settle with the landlord to not pay back rent or last months rent, and get the damage deposit back. Then find a new place to live.

But contacting a lawyer is still the correct next step.

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That's always a risk with month to month. It can be terminated at any time by either side, with 30 days notice.

Of course, the video makes it clear the reason why the landlord is terminating the rent, and I'm not sure if that will lead to any legal issues. My guess is that if he is behind on rent, the best case scenario he should hope for is to settle with the landlord to not pay back rent or last months rent, and get the damage deposit back. Then find a new place to live.

But contacting a lawyer is still the correct next step.

Doing a little backgrounding on the parties involved, I came across this description which I believe applies to the property in question:

"A little back ground about how this is set up: I am the owner of the house but do not live there. I have facilitated bringing these roommates together. That's the way I set it up about 3 years ago and it seems to have worked out well. Two of the guys have been there since I finished the renovation. Others (3) have come and gone over the years. They have all left because of job or relationship changes. I usually handle bringing in any new housemates. I show the property and if the prospective housemate wants to go further they meet with the other housemates to decide if it seems like a good fit both ways. Often they will get a chance to meet one or more housemates while seeing the house. I make the decision on acceptance based on background check and compatibility input from the existing housemates. The lease term is month to month to make it easy for people to leave if need be, but as I said most stay on for a year or more. "

Is this a common arrangement for a owner/ landlord to operate?

Seems like the blurring of traditional landlord/ tenant relationship would be the source of all sorts of similar issues and pitfalls.

http://karmaconstruction.com/Huntington.html

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Is this a common arrangement for a owner/ landlord to operate?

Seems like the blurring of traditional landlord/ tenant relationship would be the source of all sorts of similar issues and pitfalls.

It depends a lot on the situation. For large communities run by management companies, you won't see this. But for small operations where turnover can be a huge hit to your profits, ensuring compatibility can help solve a lot of problem before they can even come up. As long as the landlord doesn't discriminate for the prohibited reasons (race, religion, sex, age, and so forth), it can be above board.

It's like checking referrals, but rather from people who know the person, it's from people who live there. Now if someone comes along that is in the protected group, and the tenants say no to which the landlord then denies an otherwise qualified applicant, queue up the lawsuits. In any event, the key is to have a good paper trail. As always. But I get the impression that the landlord in this story isn't exactly the most savvy of businessmen.

The only weirdness about this is the shared living space with separate leases. I don't think I'd want to run things that way. I'd want them all under one lease with a Roommate Agreement between them.