Comments on: Tenant Troubles: Am I Still The Master Tenant If I Moved Out Of My Apartment For Six Years? http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/ SF Appeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper Sun, 06 May 2018 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 By: jenny http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-24930 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 05:23:00 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-24930  “Hey, I have a question. I am head of household but do not live in my apartment, my brother does,and my brother who is also on the lease doesn’t want me to move in with my girlfriend. Can I do any legal actions?”

]]> By: Dave Crow http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-14104 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:12:22 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-14104 As I was rereading my article to post on Evict This!, I was thinking about your comment. I need to clarify my statement that the reader is not a master tenant.

You are correct, the reader is a master tenant in that he sublet the apartment to John. He is not, however, an original occupant. None of the current tenants are original occupants. Given that information, a court could find that the reader has no standing to evict the subtenant because all of the tenants have equal status.

Thanks for the question. It served to help me clarify my writing on this.

]]> By: Dave Crow http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-20705 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:12:22 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-20705 As I was rereading my article to post on Evict This!, I was thinking about your comment. I need to clarify my statement that the reader is not a master tenant.

You are correct, the reader is a master tenant in that he sublet the apartment to John. He is not, however, an original occupant. None of the current tenants are original occupants. Given that information, a court could find that the reader has no standing to evict the subtenant because all of the tenants have equal status.

Thanks for the question. It served to help me clarify my writing on this.

]]> By: Dave Crow http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-14103 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:11:37 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-14103 As I was rereading my article to post on Evict This!, I was thinking about your comment. I need to clarify my statement that the reader is not a master tenant.

You are correct, the reader is a master tenant in that he sublet the apartment to John. He is not, however, an original occupant. None of the current tenants are original occupants. Given that information, a court could find that the reader has no standing to evict the subtenant because all of the tenants have equal status.

Thanks for the question. It served to help me clarify my writing on this.

]]> By: Dave Crow http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-20704 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:11:37 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-20704 As I was rereading my article to post on Evict This!, I was thinking about your comment. I need to clarify my statement that the reader is not a master tenant.

You are correct, the reader is a master tenant in that he sublet the apartment to John. He is not, however, an original occupant. None of the current tenants are original occupants. Given that information, a court could find that the reader has no standing to evict the subtenant because all of the tenants have equal status.

Thanks for the question. It served to help me clarify my writing on this.

]]> By: Al http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-14102 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:40:03 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-14102 Regardless of what happened previously, doesn’t the fact that new roommate writes a contract with guy make guy the master tenant? It seems crazy for the law to create a situation where people live together while in a state of conflict, but neither is willing to give it up. That’s bound to end in unpleasantness, or worse.

]]> By: Al http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-20703 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:40:03 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-20703 Regardless of what happened previously, doesn’t the fact that new roommate writes a contract with guy make guy the master tenant? It seems crazy for the law to create a situation where people live together while in a state of conflict, but neither is willing to give it up. That’s bound to end in unpleasantness, or worse.

]]> By: cedichou http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-14101 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:21:44 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-14101 Here’s a tenant who did not live in the place for 6 years and still believes that he is entitled not only to a rent-controlled, below-market unit, but that he could also maybe evict an unpleasant roommate.

Tenants who abuse the system like this only give rent control a bad name. Ok, the landlord is clearly not paying attention, and is hardly blameless. But rent control brings quite a few unpleasantness from spoiled entitled tenants. The letter writer should move out, make sure the landlord is aware that he was the last original tenant on the lease, so that both he and John get the rent increase their brat behavior deserves.

]]> By: cedichou http://sfappeal.com/2012/10/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years/#comment-20702 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:21:44 +0000 http://example.org/tenant-troubles-am-i-still-the-master-tenant-if-i-moved-out-of-my-apartment-for-six-years#comment-20702 Here’s a tenant who did not live in the place for 6 years and still believes that he is entitled not only to a rent-controlled, below-market unit, but that he could also maybe evict an unpleasant roommate.

Tenants who abuse the system like this only give rent control a bad name. Ok, the landlord is clearly not paying attention, and is hardly blameless. But rent control brings quite a few unpleasantness from spoiled entitled tenants. The letter writer should move out, make sure the landlord is aware that he was the last original tenant on the lease, so that both he and John get the rent increase their brat behavior deserves.

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