Nonrenewal of lease

tl;dr I'll try to make this as condensed as possible. I have a collections mark on my credit report for a little over 100 dollars. She had my new address but never sent the bill. I don't know if I should just pay it, but won't the mark stay on there for a while, or to try and get it removed altogether.
Background. In California, the lease ended on October 31st, 2019, and it went to collections on November 30th, 2019. She had my new address and never sent the bill. I even called her when I first got the collections letter and told her I gave her the address and asked why she sent it to collections. She said she didn't get it, but how could collections get my address if they didn't give it? Also, I remember giving it to her in her office. I even told her on the phone clearly and even-toned come on, Krista, we both know you didn't like me, and I gave you the info, and you were trying to get rid of me, and why did you do this? All I got were half-sentences and nonanswers.
I paid the full month's rent for October 2019, the month I moved out, even though I left on the 19th. She told me that once I gave her the keys, I would be good to go. I am a veteran and was dealing with some stuff, so my parents did the final walkthrough, which she was okay with. They were told they needed to pay some more fees, so they just paid a couple hundred to get everything said and done.
The story behind this lady and months prior to me leaving is that she took over from a full-time on-property leasing manager. She was part-time and didn't live on-site, and the place really started to go downhill in regards to upkeep and the kind of behavior she would turn a blind eye to "because she didn't see it." A third-party company power-washed our decks, and it ruined my wicker outdoor furniture. I showed her, and she came to see it; she said she could probably give me "like 200 dollars for the damage," but I would have to wait a few weeks. That Friday which was a day later in the afternoon, right before she was going to be gone for the weekend, she taped on my front door a notice to terminate residency and nonrenewal of the lease. My lease happen to be expiring almost exactly 2 months from that day. It felt personal. I was quite worried, but eventually was able to talk to her. I recorded the conversation. After chatting a bit she said well, it just didn't seem like you were happy here. That was incorrect.
I can give more info or maybe that was too much. Anyhow, any suggestions on how I should proceed? It feels more about the principle that the mean leasing manager who ran more than a handful of other long-term residents out because of her mismanagement purposely sent an utilities bill to collections that I am not sure I even should have to pay, knowing full well she had my address. Should I try speaking to the management company? What effect will just paying it have on my credit long term? Could use any suggestions.
p.s. mods if it's to much info I just redo it and cut out most of it to keep it to the point.

Want to get rid of 1 of the leaseholders in a unit - she's rude and emotionally abusive to the other tenant but hasn't done anything illegal to qualify for eviction. Don't want this person as a long term lease-holder in the building.
Was going to send notice of lease non-renewal to this one tenant once the term is up and let the other one sign a new lease on their own but with this new bill (https://gothamist.com/news/good-cause-eviction-protections-are-now-in-place-in-ny-heres-what-that-means) looks like it forces automatic lease renewal on all tenants unless there is good cause. Since there isn't anything yet, what can I do

So, basically, my parent and I rent a house through Section 8 in Florida. Our 'landlord', I guess would be the right term for her, gave us a written notice in the form of a legal nonrenewal notice via email Feb 23rd that she won't renew our lease. Her reasoning is that property taxes have increased on our street because of new construction of other houses that she'll need to increase the rent. The house is a three bedroom, but because we were homeless at the time, she charged Section 8/us the maximum rent possible for a two bedroom instead of the rent for a three bedroom.
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For context, we've lived here for two years. We've signed two leases, the first sometime mid May of the first year, and apparently April 30th last year.
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Yesterday morning, she emailed again saying that oopsies, she made a mistake and thought the lease went to the end of May, but instead it ends this month. Hysterically she ended her email with 'I hope that you were able to find other housing.' No, we haven't! But thanks for the heads fucking up. We've contacted our Section 8 case worker and she stated that this is between us as the renters and our landlord, but that Section 8 will not be paying rent after this month.
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This is the Feb 23rd notice in question, I've included the most important part but if someone needs the whole document, let me know: 'This letter is to advise you that in accordance with paragraph ________ of your lease agreement, the manager of ________________ Apartments is giving you official notice that your lease is due to expire. Please be advised that we will not be renewing your lease agreement, nor will you be given the opportunity to remain as a month to month resident. YOU MUST MAKE ALL ARRANGEMENTS TO VACATE THE PREMISES KNOWN AS (our address) ON THE DAY 31st OF 2024 . If you fail to turn in keys and do not vacate on 5/31/24, we shall have no alternative but to advise our attorney's office to proceed in regaining possession of your unit. Please be advised that in accordance with Section 83.58, Florida Statutes, the landlord is entitled to demand double your monthly rent for as long as you remain a holdover resident.'
All of the blanks were left blank in the official document.
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My question is: legally, can she do this? This is no longer a 30 day notice since she is suddenly telling us that SHE fucked up the dates. By April 30th, we are going to be homeless thanks to her. The apartments we were planning to move into won't have a unit ready for us until at least mid May. What are our rights here???? What can we do???

A new property management company took over our building (in a top 5 US city) at the end of January, and I have a question about how they are handling our lease non-renewal.
Our lease requires a 60 day notice of renewal/nonrenewal. This deadline for our lease fell right around the time of the new management takeover. We messed up/forgot to email the new management team about our plans, and they reached out to us 3 days after our 60 day mark asking us to get back to them as soon as possible. We did, 2 business days later, to communicate we would not be renewing.
At that point, they said they would be imposing 7 days of fees (equal to 7 days of rent) associated with our communicating 7 days past the 60 day notice date.
We previously were under the impression that the 60 day notice was informal and had no idea there were daily fees that would be imposed if we didn’t communicate our plans by that date. It was not communicated to us by the prior management company nor this new one until after the fact.
Based on their lack of communication, we basically said we didn’t think it was right to be charged these fees. The new management’s response was that they “talked with their lawyers and are willing to waive the 7 days of fees” if we agree to sign off on a document that they drafted about this.
Has this happened to anyone else? Is this normal? Why would we have to sign a legal document about waiving fees when it was never communicated in advance by either management company that these fees would be charged?

I've had terrible luck with apartments no matter where I go. Buildings that are poorly maintained, staff that never respond to maintenance requests from tenants, jacking up rent or illegal nonrenewal of leases. I also hear a lot of negative reporting online about various landlords and management companies.
So I'm curious: who have you had a good experience renting an apartment from? Name and praise!

I just received a nonrenewal of lease from my landlord. So of course I start looking for new places. I noticed a property that I’d be interested in and realized it’s owned by the same property management company. If I decided to apply there, would there be any denial?
I’ve been in my current place for 2years. Could have been 3 if we were able to renew. I haven’t been a bad tenant, but I have been late a few times. I assume it’s because they’ve gone up on rent at this property.

I have a tenant living in my property in NJ. They have developed this habit of paying rent super late as late as after 15th of month. I never apply late charges as I feel they will stop paying rent altogether if I do that. All my requests for paying rent on time is falling on deaf ears. This September that is 90 days before the expiration of lease I sent them a notice to quit. I told them I want to move in the house. They requested for more time so I gave them option to renew lease till January and signed a new lease till January explicitly mentioning in the lease that I will move in the house at the end of this lease and this lease is not renewable.
Now my question is do I still have to send notice to quit given that the lease explicitly says that this is nonrenewable and will end on 31st Jan as I am going to use it as my primary residence?

I will begin working in a major city in May and am hoping to purchase a home there before then. I would like to move directly into the home instead of renting first. I found a property which piqued my interest. It's in budget and on the exact block where I rented previously with neighbors I really appreciate.
The lease for the current renters in the house does not expire until April 2024, which is fine for my timeline. However, it means that I wouldn't be able to move in within 60 days of closing, both as it likely wouldn't take more than three months to close and nonrenewal of lease requires at least 60 days notice here. This means it would be an investment property initially. Does anyone know how easily I could convert an investment property into a primary residence? Would it be possible to get any first-time homeowner benefits if it was converted a (few) month(s) later?

I rent with FKH and I have insurance with Effective Coverage. I am so so so confused right now. Last year, when I first got the insurance, I was told I didn’t need to submit anything to FKH and it will submit itself since Effective Coverage is a partner with FKH. It worked and the non-compliance fee was automatically gone. I didn’t have to touch insurance at all or submit anything.
This year, I am renewing. The new lease started today (Aug 15th). My current insurance will expire on August 19th and it is set to renew. I have a new policy document already. It has the same policy number as the one from last year. Both are continuous until cancelled or nonrenewed. I got an email on August 6th saying to submit proof of insurance on the Effective coverage website or by email. I did it on the site. The confirmation page said they will review it within 48 hours and send a confirmation email. I never got an email.
I looked at my profile in Effective Coverage and it lists my policy number, address, effective date, carrier, and I can click “view certificate.” When I view the certificate, it lists the expiration date as August 19th of this year (2023). Since the new policy has the same number, does that mean I’m good to go and a new certificate will generate on the 19th with an updated expiration date? Or do I still have to submit proof?
I tried submitting it online again, emailing them, and sending effective coverage a “suggestion” to review my policy. I will have to call them tomorrow when their office is actually open. And I will also try contacting their chat bot and calling first key homes.
Basically, my question is, has anyone gotten insurance through effective coverage where you didn’t have to submit proof to FKH? And how did that work when you renewed? Thanks so much if anyone can help me.

Some Background We are currently renting a place in SE Pennsylvania with a company that owns (literally) 90% of the rentals in my county. They build new "luxury" apartments, buy up properties from places leaving our county, etc and basically have a monopoly.
The Issue(s) After winning a discrimination case against them, they opted not to renew our lease without explanation. (We already assumed they would do this anyway) In our lease, it states we must comply with all move-out procedures or we forfeit our security deposit but there are no move-out procedures documented in the lease or any addendums. Fast forward to last month when they served the "notice of nonrenewal", it stipulates some things like a "pre-move out inspection" 15 days prior to vacating.
Having rented for 7 years (this company for the 3rd time now), I find this very unusual and assume they are doing it to spite us.
The Question Is this even legal? Show we involve a lawyer at this point or return to the state agency that fined them the first time?
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Looking for advice in general, even from non-lawyers.

My wife's lease is over on Sunday and she is not renewing her lease for another term with her landlord. She was informed today by her landlord that she owes them 1.5 months of rent because she did not inform them that she was not renewing her lease with them. (She was 45 days past their 60 day notice policy) She assumed that a lack of communication with intent to renew on her end was all that was needed for them to understand that she was not wanting to continue renting from them. My question is this- Is it legal to include a clause like this in her lease in my state?
Do I have any recourse assuming that there was no written communication from my wife stating her intent to not renew the lease? I believe that the landlord may have put a letter in their mailbox informing them of this, however, she has not been living in that apartment for the past 3 months, so she only saw the notice this past weekend.

...if that's even what you can call it.
My lease is coming to an end in just over 2 weeks. I never received a notice of renewal/nonrenewal and paid the full amount of rent for the month.
When I asked about staying through the end of the month I was told they already had someone slotted to move in soon after my end lease date so it would not be possible.
This is frustrating. I'm in Indiana, and from what I'm reading landlords are required to give 90 day notice of renewal/nonrenewal before the end of a one year lease.
Currently panicking about how I'm supposed to be able to afford to move. Any advice on what to do next? (Other than start packing.)

So my landlord is evicting me for nonrenewable of the lease but on the eviction notice and every paper we have she only wants me out. Why would that be? Is there a loophole she has to get us both out?

After spending years in an apartment that was definitely not up to code, it crashed and they had to move me and my roommate to another floor, a much larger apartment, "temporarily." I suppose this is because if we had to move, they might have been on the hook for that, or they intended to fix up the apartment and move me back in, but the apartment had no egress (escape) window, which is also not up to code. For that reason, when the time came, I was not going to go back to the other apartment, which created a problem for the landlord, or his wife, who sent an e-mail giving me thirty days to move out for nonrenewal of lease.
I call the landlord and say they can't do that, that there are diversion steps in my municipality that prevent going straight into housing court, and not only that, but they showed a lack of good cause (we have something similar) that would have made it difficult for them to win. Seemed they were getting fed up with me paying half-price for a REALLY COOL FUCKING APARTMENT (that has its own issues), but which is more than twice as large, and sent the mail.
I contest the notice to leave, which halts the eviction, and there's a hearing where it's revealed that the landlord has numerous open building violations, apparently which are not easy or cheap to fix. The municipality didn't like that, nor did they like a few other rules that were broken, but the coup de grace was when they started examining the violations and other failures to follow proper rules and procedures.
This landlord, who THREATENED me with homelessness, brings a lawyer to the hearing, one who no doubt said they'd "take care of it" and paint me as the bad guy, which he did. Hearing officer was having none of it, and ORDERED that I not pay rent, while saying I now have a valid lease on the old apartment.
I tried to warn the landlord that this would happen, and that just made him MORE empowered. You know those entitled people with money: a lawyer to crush me is just an extension of their superiority, a privilege to which they are entitled, the privilege of paying ten grand to a lawyer only to be ordered not to collect rent as he would still be doing today had he simply lived and let live. Looks like I'll be buying a condo or a house with all the money I'm not paying in rent.
Yes, landlords are evil, and yes, there are people like me who exist as a check and balance against people like that. It's why they're so terrified to rent to people who know their rights. The courts really are almost rigged in our favor.
Stay strong, folks.

At a bit of a loss to help my friend out. Have tried to research and direct but still having a hard time finding even semi-clear answers. Hoping you redditors can aid in pointing us into the right direction. (I have recommended contacting a lawyer to my friend and they are looking.)
I'll try to keep this short and clear: - Friend (called L) and BF moved into a rental property in 2019-'20 with 2 other people for a 1 year lease agreement. They all renewed for '20-'21.

• 2 tenants moved out in 2022. L and BF stayed. Additional new tenant (called N), applied, was accepted, and moved in.

-L and N electronically signed the lease agreement through the company's 'portal' site. BF requested a hard copy to sign as he was having technical issues with the company's online site.

• no PDF or physical copy of lease agreement was received by any tenant -including BF to sign - afterwards (even after requests). Recently (within the last week), they have requested for a copy of the lease agreement to check: move out date, any penalties for early termination, nonrenewal notice timeframe, and tenency stay duration (month to month or 1 year - due to conflicting info/responses from corresponding with the company). The company/landlord states they are unable to find/provide their copy and have been incomplete in answers or unresponsive/difficult to communicate with.
  
• tenants have been late or slightly short on rent the last two months. (But it does always get paid in full.) They did get a late notice for rent and then recently received a final notice for pending eviction.
  

However, there are other failings the company has done with inspections, following city ordinances, etc. But the company has accepted rent payment from the 3 tenants for the last 8 months.
All in all, would my friend have legal standing in order to deal with this? Or, would they actually be considered squatters due to the failure to provide a lease agreement?

I live in TN, and the GREE air conditioners in my apartment stopped working in December. They are smart HVAC systems, so something involving it’s sensors may have gotten tripped when it got really cold, and the AC repair person who my landlord has sent out over 6 times has not been able to get it to produce warm air. Every time I have asked that it be fixed, I get told that the repair person said it was working when they left which has not been the case once. I have been supplementing my heat with space heaters when it gets below freezing. I received the same response last time I notified my landlord that my apartment was in the 50s, so I filed a maintenance request through the app the leasing company uses for payment/maintenance. I included the name of the landlord I have been communicating with as well as pictures of our texts dating back to December.
Unknown to me, she is the president of the leasing company and has now threatened me with nonrenewal of my lease for filing this maintenance request. This leaves me with 5 days to find and sign a new lease before my 60 day notice of intent to vacate has been reached. The contract I signed says that the lease automatically renews if no notice is given and non-renewal of the lease is only available to the landlord if I have broken the contractual agreement I signed. My landlord has said that the agreement I broke was the disrespect I showed her. I have been firm but not antagonistic in my text exchanges. What are my options?

The City of Red Deer just can’t catch a break. Or maybe they’re trying so hard that nothing seems to break their way.
In the span of 24 hours this week, the city found itself on the short end of pointed criticism from the community, with a decision on the Jackpot Casino and another development in the endless shelter site search.
The first, to be fair, isn’t entirely their fault. They swung and missed, landing on a temporary setback.
The casino project is far from dead and no, the bars are not coming back. Sorry folks.
An issue appeared to be a lack of parking in the area, which to those of us with eyes and anyone who drives along Gaetz Avenue regularly, seems like a farce.
The design group asked the city to approve a reduction beyond the minimum number of parking stalls. A small decrease, about 26 less than required. It seems like a negligible difference, between 577 and 551, but I’ve never walked through a parking lot counting stalls. The city said, based on their analysis, the site requires 773 stalls. There’s a lot of math involved in that number, based on hotel guests, casino guests, events centre guests and so on.
The casino report disagrees with that need, saying there isn’t a shortfall. (Guests who use the hotel also use the casino and/or restaurant, so they’re double or triple counted in the numbers.)
Either way, it sure seems like there is a lot more parking than that available right now. This, of course, leads one to believe that the casino project will be expanded beyond the original structure. When it was first discussed, the proposal or idea was to demolish the two bars and make that parking, using the existing structure to build the casino.
This new proposal is not that.
In the new idea, the demolished bars will be replaced by a brand new, two-storey events centre. “Modernized,” it’s called in the report. The old events centre becomes the casino. That part of the development wasn’t where the hangup lies.
Parking is where the hang-up sat for the Municipal Planning Commission. This commission consists of the mayor, two councillors (Lawrence Lee and Kraymer Barnstable) and four citizen representatives. In the agenda packet, a report from Bunt Associates says that the city requested a parking study to confirm that the parking supply is appropriate for the site’s needs.
As mentioned before, that report says it falls well short of what is required. Even still, it recommends the project be approved.
“In Bunt’s opinion, the proposed parking spaces are adequate for the needs of the site,” that report states.
“The peak demand may be overstated and the identified parking deficit may not eventuate. Therefore, the City is urged to approve the parking relaxation requested by the applicant.
“The City is also urged to grandfather the portions of the existing parking layout that are not being altered as part of this project.”
The report from an outside design firm says that to offset the potential deficiency, that a parkade is being considered, but will also be required to accommodate parking, according to the report presented to the MPC.
“One potential location under consideration would be to develop the parkade on the 3210 50 Avenue parcel which is currently a parking facility already. Parkade development on this location would not result in increased lot coverage at 3310 50 Avenue.”
Essentially a large parking structure in front of the casino at the corner of 50 Avenue and 32 Street.
Also considered in the report is using “off-site parking,” using the downtown parking structure or the lot at Westerner Park, in which case a shuttle would be used. The report indicates those spots would be available as soon as this summer. That is just temporary and doesn’t sound like a very appealing option.
“Parking accommodations are essential to the business’s success and are therefore in the best interest of the Red Deer Resort and Casino,” the report reads.
“Simply put, if customers are turned away due to lack of parking accommodations, the business will face a loss in revenue. That said, if the rental agreement between the Westerner expires and is nonrenewable, options include development of a parkade, or leasing or purchasing land at another location.”
So, a non-issue. And yet, the committee was not satisfied. Mayor Johnston and Barnstable voted to approve the permit and the five other members opposed it.
Their reason?
“The lack of reasonable access to sufficient parking onsite to accommodate the potential uses would unduly impact the use or enjoyment of neighbouring properties and create impacts to traffic flow. Site use intensification may also create need for more parking regardless of overlapping uses outlined in the recommendation.”
How dare this beautiful landmark hotel be covered by a parking structure! How dare they. A 26-stall difference, or a 200-stall difference two different groups said would be negligible at best, halted the project.
If I’m a neighbour, sure I’m upset about a large event centre moving in next door. Except for the fact there already is one, just a bit further away. And they used to be next to a bar! Two bars, in fact, which were raucous until 3 a.m. multiple nights a week. I highly doubt a casino is bringing that kind of noise that often.
It’s absurd this whole project is getting held up over a couple of parking spots.
Surely there’s something beyond the cursory look I’m able to provide, but on the surface it seems ridiculous to quibble over a few parking spots for a project that will bring a ton of a revenue to the city.
The city so desperately needs some good news. And yet another major development is ground to a halt over a couple of parking stalls.
“It is our opinion that the proposed redevelopment of the Red Deer Events Centre is crucial for the community and Central Alberta,” the design report concludes.
“Retaining this vital facility at the capacity that the local community and the Highway 2 corridor have become accustomed to may outweigh the perceived notion that the modernization of the events centre is an overdevelopment of the site.
“Ample parking located offsite, and the accommodation of shuttles, and valet parking is a creative, solution to the inevitable parking conundrum this site will perpetually face until such time as a parkade is developed to accommodate parking on site.”
And I’m sure the city recognizes all this, but they were unable to pull the trigger this time around so here we are, left waiting again.
Byron Hackett is the Managing Editor of the Red Deer Advocate.
https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/opinion/hackett-casino-project-stumbles/

hi everyone, rant time!!
I have never experienced a landlord like the one I have now, after 4 years of renting, he sent me a nonrenewal of lease letter along with a 5-day notice in the mail!! never have I ever ended a renting situation like this. I've always ended with good relations and used my last security deposit as last month's rent. the duplex is not trashed, it has normal wear and tear after 4 years, I've hired a cleaning company to come and clean everything and already purchased blinds and the big blinds for the slider that goes outside. at first, I thought id have until 3-31 when the lease is up to move out and now he's decided to issue a 5-day notice. I can't leave until the 31st, my new place won't be ready. I'll be moved out before I even get a court date, I can't even pay the rent because I don't have the money, used it for the new place. besides several renters that rented from CP rentals told me they paid last month's rent, cleaned the dwelling up and still never got the deposit back unless they took him to court.
I guess the question is has anyone experienced anything like this and how was it handled.....any thoughts would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks in advance

I (26F) feel like an awful wife and a coward because even though we placed an offer on a new house and it's been accepted, now I'm actually scared to go through with it. I have only ever lived around my hometown and I never went away so that is a factor too. Also, the paperwork to sign onto the offer of our house happened yesterday after finding out we can renew our apartment lease and now I can't tell if I signed out of fear of homelessness or if I want the house. It's a 2-hour drive from either my husband (27 M) and I's friends and family and is in rural farmland. I like the idea how having my own hobbyist farm and owning a home, but I am scared of not finding a dog grooming job (I'm a dog groomer and my husband is a union boilermaker welder), not making any friends, remodeling the house and the money that goes into that, adjusting from the suburbs to country living, not having much help for when we have a baby, not being able to see our family as much, and being lonely even though my husband would be closer to the 4 nuclear power plants he works at. When we went to go look at the house I add liked it for the most part besides it being far and a bit less convenient, However, we also can't stay at the apartment we live in because our lease is now nonrenewable because the office messed up my husband's half of the rent 4 times and the utility bill failed to be paid a few times because the auto-pay kept failing Yes Energy management. I've tried talking to the front management office and they said that there is nothing they can do since their higher-ups that own the building see us as high risk now after these past 2 years of us living there, but the note to vacate wouldn't affect our credit or future apartment rental. They were also one of the only apartments within our budget that also allowed cats too though... Also, I'm scared of our realtor and bank that granted us the loan getting upset with us and having negative effects on future house hunting My parents are angry at my husband for everything around us and don't what me to move to the house. I've been trying to look into another apartment we may be able to afford if I got a part-time job somewhere that happens to allow cats (it's hard due to inflation). My parents said if worst truly comes to worse we can stay with them, but my mom said she is not sure about my husband, and even if she does allow him it's only short term, and then he would have to go back to living with his parents. He doesn't want to because we both wish to be together and also because his mom is an actual hoarder and a narcissist. To be honest, and I may be speaking for fear of the unknown and fear of failure, I almost kind of want to move back into my parent's house even though I have no idea how my cats would get along with their two golden retrievers.
I need advice badly because I have barely been eating or sleeping for three days now out of pure fear, stress, and anxiety. I've even been having phantom vomiting 3 times today with how stressed and anxious I am. My husband is saying it is just my parents bullying me again and controlling me again and that they are trying to ruin us trying to get a house for the second time.