San Francisco, CA
Litigation Lawyer at San Francisco, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Landlord & Tenant, Real Estate
It is not legal. Because they knowingly accepted rent from you - including after your uncle passed away, that made you a month-to-month tenant....
It was unclear from your post whether you broke your lease. If so, you may have been legally justified under Civil Code Section 1942 and/or the...
I shall re-post this under family law.
If the landlord wants you out because he needs to make extensive repairs/renovations, that may well be legal. If the landlord is evicting you in...
A landlord is not entitled to rent for an illegal unit, and that can be raised as an affirmative defense in any eviction/unlawful detainer lawsuit...
If you have already signed a lease, then you may owe rent even if you have not physically moved in. If you don't pay, the landlord could serve you...
If conditions exist which violate health or safety codes, or violate the implied warranty of habitability (see e.g. Civil Code Sections...
Landlords are generally not legally required to address conditions which are not health or safety code violations, or which violate the implied...
You might have a retaliatory eviction defense (under Civil Code Section 1942.5) to an eviction. You should consult a local landlord-tenant...
It sounds like your attempts at informal resolution aren't working. Calling the housing authority and/or the local code enforcement agency would be...
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