The thinking at the time was that if Landlords screened properly, they
would not rent to some of the tenants who are causing them problems.
However, often times a person with a clean record rents the place and
friends/relatives with horrible habits move in with the tenant--like drug
dealing, prostitution, and fencing. The problem lies in the law about
eviction. Unless there is lots of evidence so that a judge can say 48
hours--which they won't if there are kids--the persons the LL is trying
to evict can, and will, trash the apartment to the tune of
multi-thousands of $s. Unless you're willing to pay the sheriff to
evict them bodily, they may not leave even though they are evicted. I
had that happen twice, it's a terrible dilemna. I felt like I was being
forced to turn into a hard-hearted hannah.
WMarks, Central
Scott McGerik wrote:
> If I am correctly understanding the debate regarding landlords and
> problem tenants, the City of Minneapolis is holding the landlord
> responsible for the actions of problem tenants. Since a landlord is
> not present on the property all of the time, that means that the
> landlord can not eject the problem tenant immediately as can a
> bartender eject a problem patron. Also, it is my understanding that a
> landlord can not just eject a tenant, that instead, the landlord must
> use the legal system to evict the tenant (is this correct?).
>
> With this in mind, can a landlord put in a clause into the lease that
> says the tenant can and will be evicted if the tenant is involved in
> any kind of criminal or problem behaviors? What are the landlord
> rights in this regard? I am interested in the general aspect of this
> and the Minneapolis-specific facets of this.
>
> Scott McGerik
> Hawthorne
> Minneapolis
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