I am caretaker for my grandparents. They live in a downstairs apartment. It is only them on the lease. However 2 of my family members moved themselves in without asking and my grandmother just allowed it to happen. They cause a lot of problems. They have a loud dog that is not supposed to be there and my grandmother has been told by the office of complaints. They come in late at night playing loud music that has also gotten complaints. If I were to go to the office and talk to them is there any chance that they could tell my grandmother that her “visitors” need to leave as they aren’t on the lease? These people receive no mail there or anything, but they moved all their stuff in and have been living there. A couple months now.
Is there any chance the office will do this? Or will I just make things worse and get my grandparents evicted because that’s the last thing I need to happen. Grandma won’t make them leave. She sits and is upset about the things they do but won’t make them leave.
One tenant, "Gloria," informed me that her two teenage nieces would be moving in with her and her husband and their baby. The lease was written specifically to accommodate Gloria, the husband and baby. It was a furnished townhouse, and I'd moved out one bedroom's furniture so they could put baby furniture in there, so I'd been an easygoing landlord. BUT. Two teenagers (sleeping in the den, which had no closet and didn't qualify as a bedroom) would up the water bill, and I paid for water. It would mean more people in and out of the house as they entertained friends, and more wear and tear on my carpet, my furniture, and more noise in a quiet neighborhood. Also there was the issue of whether the teenagers would have proper supervision when there alone; I'd never met them and had no idea why they needed a home, whether they'd be partying or what. Gloria wanted me to provide beds for the nieces, and the girls had a dog - but mine was a no-pet unit due to problems I'd previously had with pets. She wasn't willing to pay more rent. So I said no and didn't renew the lease when it was up a month or so later.
Landlords have to protect themselves and their property. Some tenants are undesirable for various reasons. I'd expect the landlord in this post to take the same viewpoint.
This will mean going through a private individual and those are usually scumlords.
Talk to the landlord and ask their help to get these squatters out now. I would say that the vulnerable seniors are scared and won't say anything for fear of retaliation. Give them permission to involve law enforcement.
You DO NOT want them evicted,it will create more problems then you can imagine.
Exactly right. The OP should talk to the building management on the grandparents behalf. They will probably give them a chance to kick their "guests" out without getting themselves evicted.
So, while grandma won't make them leave, the LANDLORD can make the squatters leave by forcing the issue of the original lease.
In reality, the bottom line is it's up to the GRANDPARENTS to put their foot down with the squatters. Otherwise, even if they get evicted from this place, the squatters can follow them to their new place an squat THERE b/c there are no boundaries being set down as grandma is too meek to do so.
You may want to have a Come to Jesus talk with Grandma before you do anything else. If no luck, then go to the landlord. But basically, you can't save the grandparents from themselves.
You should most definitely tell the "office" about your grandparents' illegal "tenants" before someone else in the building does. This way the management will probably give your grandparents a chance to make them go and they won't get evicted.
Please go and talk to the management. Don't even tell your grandparents that you are speaking to the management.
In the meantime, do not listen to a second of your grandmother's complaining. Let her sit and be upset. She allowed these people to move in.
If your grandmother is not abiding by the terms of the lease (letting other people live there w/loud dogs, noise complaints, etc.), then what happens if she and your grandfather get evicted?
Will you make that your problem?
When I realized that my mother was having memory issues, losing her drivers license more than once, which started in 2016.
My mother was befriended by a young man, who cones her into her letting him move in. Then all of a sudden she started showing up with bruises( of course she fell ya know) always injuring her left eye. I then realized he was beating her. And I really started being at her house everyday only to find out she hadn’t taken her meds since 2019, then found unopened meds from 2016. All of her legal documents were missing from her old file box( her bread box) I had to take action. After receiving GDN I evicted him. After I had him evicted I found a copy of a life insurance policy that mom owned, with the young man named as her beneficiary, I found credit cards that were opened in moms name ( she couldn’t remember doing) of course they were run up to $1,600 or more. Moms birth certificate, marriage license, home purchase receipt gone. He was up to something but legally I couldn’t do much as moms memory was failing, and the man explained to the courts they were lovers.
Its important if your her GDN start eviction, if not apply for GDN, then evict. Don’t let them be victims!
There was also another case where the tenant who lived below reported hearing a basketball being bounced on the floor through the night. The office found there were a number of people living there not on the lease. They were thrown out asap.
Can grandma understand that?
Ask the office to write a formal letter stating the 'new' people were not authorized. by the owner of the property to move in and therefore, they must leave.
You / someone needs to have legal authorize over decisions your grandmother makes. She cannot do this herself 'if' she is deemed incompetent. If she is considered competent, there likely is nothing you can do in making decisions on her behalf, legally.
Yes, I would presume if the 'uninvited guests' do not leave that there is a risk of your grandmother being asked to leave.
I would hire an attorney or check with a tenant's union or legal aide non-profit and find out what your - and your grandmother's - rights are.
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One of my friends has worked as a paralegal for years. She stresses that people need to understand all of the specifics of their leases.
Some people aren’t aware of what their leases actually mean. An attorney could help clarify the terms if needed.