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[PA] Advice on Ending Lease with Pregnant Tenant/Roommate (self.legaladvice)

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As the title says I'm trying to find out if it is actually illegal to not renew a month-to-month lease with a pregnant tenant/roommate.

The person in question does not have the financial means to continue paying her rent/utilities while also trying to pay for medical screenings for her unborn child. I'd like to evict her by not renewing her month-to-month lease but she is adamant that it is illegal to evict someone who is pregnant. I'd like for her to move back with her family for emotional and financial support but she is refusing to even consider moving out of spite that we are not supporting her. I'm the landlord and have provided individual month-to-month leases to all the other tenants/roommates.

Am I in the clear to send notice to her that her lease will not be renewed? If yes, what amount of time is sufficient notice?

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[–]thepatmanQuality Contributor 39 ポイント40 ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'm trying to find out if it is actually illegal to not renew a month-to-month lease with a pregnant tenant/roommate.

It is not. It would be illegal to refuse to renew the lease because she is pregnant.

I'd like to evict her by not renewing her month-to-month lease but she is adamant that it is illegal to evict someone who is pregnant.

You don't evict her. You terminate her lease, by giving her proper notice and a proper time to leave - usually 30 days. If she doesn't leave, you file the eviction suit. The judge would decide if she gets evicted, and when. The judge may give her enough time to have the baby and recover before doing so - we can't guess there.

[–]klauskervin[S] 10 ポイント11 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Thank you for your reply. I just needed some clarification on whether I was legally in the clear to terminate her lease. I can see a judge frowning upon this but the reality is where she is now is no fit place to raise a child at all.

[–]RubyPorto 26 ポイント27 ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you're doing it because she's pregnant, that would be illegal.

If you're doing it because she doesn't have the means to pay (or any other legal reason, or no reason at all), that wouldn't be.

From your post, it sounds a lot like you're doing this because of the pregnancy, which isn't good.

[–]donthaveacowman1 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

If the judge orders a discretionary stay on eviction for non-payment of rent in my state, the tenant is required to pay weekly rent into the court during the stay period. If they miss a weekly payment we can request the writ of possession. The judge here can not require the landlord to allow someone to remain for free.

Even if that is not a requirement where you are, if this went to court and a stay was on the table you could request this.

[–]NapalmenatorQuality Contributor 20 ポイント21 ポイント  (0子コメント)

An eviction is a court order. You can end get month to month tenancy with proper notice (generally one month)

[–]j0m1n1n 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (0子コメント)

It sounds an awful lot like her pregnancy is indeed the reason you want her out and you're grasping at straws to make it about something else.

does not have the financial means to continue paying her rent/utilities while also trying to pay for medical screenings for her unborn child

Do you know this because she's actually failed to pay her rent/utilities or has been late? Or are you assuming that she won't be able to keep up?

I'd like for her to move back with her family for emotional and financial support

Sure sounds like it's about her pregnancy.

no fit place to raise a child at all

With this one, you've proven that her pregnancy is the reason.

Now, I don't know about PA but the legality of this on a federal level depends on whether you live there, too. If you actually live there, federal housing discrimination laws don't apply. But if you don't live there, they probably do. And if you've said the things to her that you've said in this thread, she potentially has a case against you.

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[–]DevilGuy 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

not illegal, it would be if the pregnancy were the issue but if she can't make rent then you can evict.