Apartment eviction question?

Question

I live in an apartment complex and i have a neighbor who has five children living downstairs. Anyways management wants to evict them for having to many kids living under one roof. They have had the eviction notice for two months and have been trying to find a house to buy but have had no luck. Now management is threatening to throw their personal belongings outside if they are not out at the end of the month. Can the do that wo someone who has five kids? All my neighbor wants is a one month extension to find a house. Her kids are quiet, one would hardly think she had five. We have very paranoid neighbors downstairs who make constant complaint and they have caused a lot of trouble in the building.

Anyone have any advice about this matter?

Answer 1

If your neighbor's unit is a one bedroom, it is too crowded for having five kids in it and the management has the right to ask them to leave. They already gave her 60 day notice which I think should be long enough to find another place. By end of 60 days, the management can file to the court for unlawful detainer and if they win, the court will send a sheriff to lock them out of their unit. They may be charged for storage fee of their belongings until they remove it from the place. The most worst is it'll ruin their credit and make them almost impossible to find a new place later on.

If they're really can't get a place, rent a storage and have all their belongings moved there and live in a motel first rather than being evicted.

P.S. Usually one bedroom for two people plus one more extra. A two bedrooms unit can be four plus one extra which total of five people in household. Your friend has five kids plus her which is six so is still overcrowded.

Answer 2

Assuming this is within the USA, the management company may not take it upon themselves to personally remove her and her kids from the unit, its called self help and is illegal if they do she should immediately call the police

Only a sheriff officer with a court order eviction can remove her from the residency

Answer 3

If you toss them out and change the locks in NH they get triple damages and the judge will throw the book at you. The best thing they can do is find an attorney to keep management on the up and up on what legal in there state. The town hall should have a welfare dept that can give them some guidance.

Answer 4

Sorry it is illegal to have children of different sexes to share a room after a certain age. Human Services prefer boys after the age of 4 or 5 have their own room and vice versa for girls depending on how many rooms there are. Also the complex are protecting their investment. Maybe she can live with relatives or at a shelter until she can find a bigger home.