Re: Bed Bugs - Landlord Forum thread

Re: Bed Bugs by OK-LL on July 17, 2012 @11:37

If this is a violation of your clean & sanitary lease clause, you can post a c/q, but you'd have to repost with each episode, I believe. Or you can try to argue that his unsanitary living conditions are creating a health hazard to the building and other tenants and evict under that rule.

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Re: Bed Bugs by Anonymous on July 17, 2012 @13:36	[ Reply ]

We have a bed bug addendum now, however at the time that he signed his lease (in 2007) we had nothing about bed bugs in our lease. The tenant was told my legal aid not to sign the bed bug addendum when we sent one to him to sign. what is a c/q?

Re: Bed Bugs by OK-LL on July 17, 2012 @15:05	[ Reply ]

Is this tenant under a current lease or is he now M2M -- meaning do you re-sign a lease annually or just let it roll along? If he is M2M, you need only provide him with a 30-day notice of change of terms (check your state law for the correct period) and then the new terms go into effect on the 31st day after the notice is provided, assuming the tenant doesn't object by giving you his notice to terminate the rental and actually moves out. He does not need to affirmatively agree to the terms; his remaining in the rental after notification indicates his acquiesence to the new terms. Meanwhile, my previous answer stands -- this person is causing a health hazard in your rental property and may be affecting neighboring units.