Can my landord raise my rent?
I am a tenant who has been renting an apartment for a year and six months. I have a
one year lease. In reading the lease more carefully, I have found it contains a “hold over” clause which states,”Any holding over at the expiration of this lease shall create a month to month tenacy at a monthly rent of $1000.00 payable in advance. All other terms and conditions herein shall remain in full force and effect.” Because of that I am under the belief that I have a monthly rent of $1000.00. Two weeks ago I found a letter by my front door. It was not mailed. My landlord informed me that while my husband and I were great tenants, she had to increase our rent by $75.00 because of rising costs (of what?) Do I HAVE to pay this increase? If I don’t what are the repercussions? This is also making me want to move, so how much notice do I need to give her?

Eviction from home in Foreclosure
We’ve been renting a home for over 2.5 years. Currently renting on a month to month basis. The home has been in pre-foreclosure for many months and entered official foreclosure status about 1.5 months ago. We’ve been very diligent about paying our rent, but now faced with the proposition of being kicked out when the bank reclaims, we’re not too keen on continuing to pay the rent.

I saw a previous post that suggested that our right as renters to peace and quiet enjoyment may be violated through this foreclosure process. Are we obligated to continue paying the rent?

The auction was scheduled for Oct 11th and we just found out that it has been pushed out until Nov. We assume that the owners have pushed it out so they can continue collecting rent (while not paying the mortgage). They’ve threatened with eviction if we don’t pay up, all we owe is for the month of Oct. What are our rights as tenants?

I think they’re bluffing on the eviction procedure, but not totally sure. I know eviction is a bad stain on a person’s credit (my wife’s and my credit score are both 750+) and we want to completely avoid. Is the credit only damaged if the eviction goes through? Is the eviction procedure irreversible?

Landlord/Tenant Lease agreement (Or lack there of)
I moved into an apartment complex a few years ago. When my lease was up I went on a month to month. A few months later My girlfriend and I wanted to move into another apartment in the same compled. The owner deducted $125 for cleaning from my deposit and refunded the rest. When we moved into the other apartment, the owner did not have us sign a lease or any other kind of paperwork. He did tell my girlfriend that it was under her name. Now we just gave our landlord 30 days notice that we’re going to move out. He’s mad that we’re moving so soon and is trying to stiff us. He is trying to charge $500 for a paint job (From the last apartment!) and some rug cleaning when we first moved in (it was gross). Can I just not pay the last months rent and tell him to stick it? Can he evict without a written contract? What should I do…