I don't know if you all can help me, but.... I have lived in the same apartment for 18 years with my husband. It's a private house with my landlady living on the second floor. We haven't had a lease for 17 years and didn't need one while our landlady was alive. We were ever- so-much-more than just tenants; we helped her, talked with her, did things around the house and gave her security and peace of mind. My landlady died 2 weeks ago and her son has told us we have a month to get out (April 30). We were not behind in our rent, until he didn't take it April 10 (but we have it put away). He wants to double the rent, I'm sure, and says we are "month to month" tenants and therefore must go. Don't we at least have squatter's rights or something?
As a second issue there are all kinds of problems with the place: there is no bathroom light because water was running through it and shorted it out, the plaster in the livingroom is falling in from water damage (and occasionally leaks when it rains), the floor tiles in the kitchen have become unglued and are a trip hazzard, etc. And they haven't painted the place since we moved in. Oh, and we take out the garbage, shovel the walks in winter and snake the sewer every 4 months. And he has known all of this for more than 6 months.
He also appears to have forged her name on the eviction notice. Maybe he's able to do that when he's got power of attorney, I don't know. If nothing else this is morally wrong; this is a nice thanks for taking care of his mother for 18 years. There's more to this story but this is the bare bones of it. Is there any recourse here at all? Or should we just find a new place-fast.