How should I go about making sure we don’t get evicted?

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How should I go about making sure we don’t get evicted?

We are behind on rent about $300. We made a payment on it yesterday. We were informed we had until the 1st of next month to pay the balance. Today we received a notice on our door stating that we had 7 days to either pay the rent or vacate the apartment. When I went in to ask our landlord why we no longer had until the 1st, she told me that we still had until then but she needed to post it to have it on file in case we didn’t pay.

Asked on September 14, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Michigan

Answers:

FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

If you are receiving conflicting answers as to when you have to make up the arrears on the amount owed on your late rent, you need to send a written letter to the landlord confirming that you have until the first of next month to make up the arrears regardless of the recent notice to pay or quit that was recently served upon you and that the notice was done simply as a pre-caution if you were unable to make the agreed upon late payment. Keep a copy of the letter for future need.

To make sure that you do not get evicted by your landlord over the past due amounts owed for the rental, you need to get the payment owed to the landlord by the agreed upon due date.

Good luck.


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