Congress recently reenacted the “Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act” (PTFA) on May 24, 2018 which had expired as discussed here at the end of 2014 after running from 2009-2014. The PTFA went back into effect June 24, 2018. Per the ...
There are many common misconceptions the public has about eviction. The most common issue we see is one regarding repairs; namely landlord’s refusal to repair the property. As a tenant you must be EXTREMELY careful and follow ...
Another common question comes from tenants who are fighting with their landlords over issues when tenant is a month-to-month tenant (under no written lease); or that tenant is under an expiring lease that the landlord will not ...
It happens often. You are a tenant and have something break or get damaged in your rental property. Who is responsible to fix it should be your first question. This will require you to look to your lease. ...
This used to be a huge problem whereby a tenant or owner would have to go through a formal eviction or unlawful detainer to remove someone from their property who never paid any rent and was not a tenant.Now, a new statute requires ...
A Sarasota County Court has ruled that although it is a violation of Florida Statutes 83.49(1) for landlord to co-mingle the security deposit with operating funds, the statute provides no penalty for such violation. ...
In a concept previously discussed here, a dismissal was recently reversed in on appeal Miami-Dade when the circuit court sitting as an appellate court to the lower county court determined that the county court had failed to give ...
Landlord towed two cars and a SeaDoo belonging to the tenant from the leased premises. At trial the court found that this violated 83.67 “Prohibited practices.” The landlord appealed, arguing that the ...
In an eviction action out of Miami-Dade County, Judge King denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss and request for hearing as defendant/tenant has failed to pay rent monies alleged as owed into the court registry, and had not asserted ...
On appeal the Circuit Court in Pinellas County, the appellate court upheld a default final judgment of eviction by the lower court when tenant failed to dispute the amount of rent alleged in the landlord’s complaint was in error or ...