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We applied for an assignment due to ongoing issues with our rental unit. We are also being heard at the Rental Tribunal as part of the issues in the home. The other day the owner put the house up for sale. That is obviously going to make assigning the home that much more difficult for us......any direction on how we should proceed with this?

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Our landlord tells us we have nothing to worry about but he then brought a realtor to the home in question, along with his soon to be ex wife, and later told us that he has to put the house on the market for 90 days to appease his wife and then he will buy her share out. i do not want to be surprised with a 30-day notice in december and be forced to move in the snow and ice. what are our rights as our lease is good through june of 2007. if the house is placed on the market, does that void the lease so we can move if we choose to with no repsonsibility for remainder of the lease? can we get our deposit back?

Check your lease and see what the early termination is on your landlords side. If there isn't anything, which more than likely there isn't then you should be good until June of 07. However if he really has no choice but to sell it, not just put it on the market, then you should be compensated for breach of contract. Call a real estate attorney in your area and see what the law is in your state. They will be better equipped to answer this question for you.

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Long tennancy agreements? i know there are assured shorthold tennancy agreements but what about long ones? and how long do you have to have lived in a house as a private tennant before you can expect some security as to how much longer you get to stay? are landlords obliged by law to make up a tennancy agreement? i.e. if your landlord of 5 years dies, how long could i expect the given notice to be should his family decide to sell. my landlord of five years has had 2 heart attacks and a stroke in the last year and open heart surgery and he don't look good and it's only a matter of time. there's never been a tennancy agreement because my hubby has known him for over 20 years and is reluctant to ask for an agreement because he don't think he would get one. where do we stand when he pops his clogs? that the family will sell is as good as certain.

Here's some free advice from my boss who is a solicitor and specialises in this area: you are what's called an assured tenant. This is because you don't have a signed agreement. When your landlord does die, his successors won't necessarily be able to get rid of you, but you will however, have to pay the market rate going on the property. So if you're now paying a lower rate for your rent that will stop and you'll have to pay whatever is the normal rate taking into consideration the state of the property, the area it's in etc. Apparently this is under the Rent Act. It's worth going to a law library, maybe in a university if there's one nearby, and finding out a bit more.

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I am renting out a room in my house and i made a deal with a person to move into that room. i was nice enough to let them move some of her stuff in early(in agreement with my current renter). well, when the time came for her to sign the lease and commit (once i had my written 1 month notice from my current tennant) she told me she wasn't going to take the place afterall. i called her on her home and cell phone for days trying to get ahold of her. finally i left a message on each telling her she had 30 days to come get her things before i get rid of them. i live in alberta, canada am i legally allowed to throw out or sell her things after 30 days? or what time frame do i need to wait. ps: this doesn't fall under the landlord tennancy act because she never rented from me.

You should write out a letter and mail it to her last known address even if that is your address. specify a date that she needs to at least pick up her stuff by otherwise you will dispose of it. Protect yourself and keep copies when the letter goes unanswered the post office will return it to you keep it sealed and hold onto it for at least a year just in case she comes back later and tries to sue you. Also make sure you take pictures of her stuff.