You should consult a local landlord-tenant attorney or tenants rights organization to see if the notice was validly drafted and served (simply...

Unless the letter constituted a valid termination notice, or cure/quit notice, it is not clear that you have to take any immediate steps, and...

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Your parents are liable for the debt. If you can't afford to pay, and they want to protect their credit, they should promptly make payment...

You may well have grounds to seek a partial rent refund and other compensation under legal theories of nuisance, habitability, constructive...

Under Section 37.9(a)(2) of the SF rent control ordinance, the landlord can't evict you for moving in the spouse, but I am unaware of any law...

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Assuming this was an eviction via an unlawful detainer lawsuit (which is usually the only way to lawfully evict someone), the landlord would...

I agree with Mr. Dickinson, but would add that if the other owner can't be located, one option may be to sue for judicial partition, and then...

The former roommate would normally continue to be liable for her share of the lease until the lease expired. However, if she has plainly given up...

Either owner has the right to sue for judicial partition. If the case did not settle before trial, the net proceeds would normally be split...