If you need to know my state to check the laws DM me and I will tell you where I am, otherwise I’ll keep that blank since I don’t want it to be public. Is there anything I can do having lived here all my life? I’m not a tenet so I don’t pay rent but idk if there’s any protections for people like me at all, if any. Gah I’m fucking scared, it seems like this time he’s got something cooking when in the past it was just all empty threats.

Please have some good news for me.

  • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    12·
    14 days ago

    Some states have protections for tenants but you aren’t a tenant.

    There’s functionally very little difference between occupants and tenants when it comes to eviction protections. If the situation escalates to bridge burning-level stakes (i.e. you’re being kicked out and will be homeless), in most places you can force them to go through a formal eviction process. That will buy you some extra time.

    • Jabril [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      2·
      14 days ago

      Are you sure about that? I’ve worked in tenant advocacy in the past and am under the impression that most states don’t even have tenant protections, yet alone for guests on what would be considered private property. The owner has the right to trespass anyone on their property.

      • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        Yes. I am certain. The worst states I am aware of require two to four weeks after filing a formal eviction notice.

        … granted, if you live in Hell, the authorities may not care about using the law to defend us poors.

        • Jabril [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          1·
          14 days ago

          Still, at most, the protections as a tenant is typically a 30 day notice to leave and you have an eviction on your record which future landlords will be able to see. If you live in a couple of cities in the US, if the dad is living in the house then it typically overrides any just cause for eviction ordinances. Either way OP needs to prepare to move, and doing it on your own terms is better than being legally evicted. This isn’t protection from being kicked out, it’s just a guaranteed time to get out once the process is started to when it ends.

          One protection in some places could be that if the dad moves out and sells the property, and the new owners don’t plan on moving in, OP might be able to establish tenancy and be responsible for the rent of the whole place. This is not very common in the US as far as I’m aware.