Who Should Pay For Moving Costs.

Four Months Ago I Moved Into A Studio Located Behind My Landlords Home. There Is Not Written Rental Agreement Signed I Pay By Check In Order To Have A Receipt For My Records. Paid Rent Always On Time , And Had No Problems With The Owners Until Now When I Tried To Pay My Rent The Wife Did Not Accept It Instead She Inform Me That She Needed Me To Move Because Her Niece Need The Place Because She Had Two Children And A Abusive Husband.she Said I Had 30 Days To Move Out Now There Is A One Bedroom Home In The Same Property Whos Renter Moved In One Month Ago. One Would Think Since There Are Two Children It Would Be Better Living Room.instead I Was Asked To Leave And Now Im Finding It Hard To Come Up With The Moving Costs First And Last Months Rent Plus Deposits. Not To Mention The Hassell Of Packing All Over Again. Plus I Find It Hard To Find A Place Within My Budget The Rents Are Higher Then What I Pay Now. Is This Legal ? Can I Do Something About This?

Eviction laws can vary from state to state, but generally speaking, a thirty day notice is all that is required for you to be legally notified that you must move. If you knew you didn't have money to move ( obviously, it is expensive ) and you knew you'd have difficulty coming up with the other associated costs, you should have requested a lease stipulating a time frame, such a six months or a year.

The reason NOT having a lease is convenient is for reasons such as your situation---an emergency on the part of the owner, and tenant must vacate. Obviously, the opposite could be true--you could need to move suddenly with your job, for example, and being on a month-to-month lease allows both of you the flexibility to make changes with a short notice. That is the point of a month-to-month lease. Perhaps you should have asked for something more permanent such as a year lease or a six month lease. In any regard, check with your local magistrates office. They can tell you the law regarding time notice for eviction. Most states 30 days is the law.

Furthermore, she doesn't have to give you a reason for asking you to move. Therefore, your feeling that another property she has rented out is more suitable is irrelevant, as is the fact that the other renter moved in only a month ago. Unfortunately, which of her properties suits her needs is HER call, not yours and she is legally within her right to put you on thirty day notice to vacate. That is the nature of a month-to-month lease.