Landlord Asks If He’s A Jerk For Making His Tenants Move When They Have A Terminally Ill Child In Hospice

Pink Aesthetic, judging by your other comment, it’s incomprehensible how you cannot see how awful this is when their 5yr old child only has a couple of months to live. Haven’t you ever tried moving? It’s such hard work to find somewhere in budget, right location etc etc, let alone do that when you’re grieving as you only have limited time with your loved one. It is very difficult to see where you are coming from. This situation is beyond f****d up.

well... for sure this is awful and terrible for the kid's family. but bear in mind that he sold the house before he found out the kid was terminal. yes, his approach was not well handled, but keep in mind that at this stage we don't know about the needs of the buyers. perhaps they can make an agreement to let them keep renting until some period of time (ie 6 months, or 2 months after the kid passes, or something). or perhaps the buyers also have the need to move for their own reasons. and perhaps all together can cooperate to find the tenant a new place to live and hiring a moving co. yes, the owner is a dbag, but inheriting smth does not make one a bad person, and neither does to look for what is best for one. yet, he's greedy and for sure the moving will cost much less than the extra profit. yet, he can still take care of it financially, and charge it back to the tenants in the near future (1-2 years, after they recovered).

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Whats wrong with you?

Legal aid here.. Unfortunately, landlords such as OP exist in abundance in the US. And the vast majority of the laws (at least in Virginia) are designed to protect the landlord. When democrats were in control here, we were able to get some simple protections for tenants in place, such as a 14-day pay-or-quit notice (which gives tenants a chance to get paid and catch up on arrears, before they're taken to court) rather than the 5-day notice that had been in place forever. One of the first things the republicans did when they took over last year was to revert back to a 5-day pay-or-quit notice. Our police departments and courts depend on the fees charged for evictions, garnishments and warrants in debt, all issues that largely affect folks with low incomes. The poverty industrial complex is real, at least in the US. People who have grown up with income security and never faced financial hardship will never, IMO, understand what a different reality it is to be poor and alone.

Lot's of ways around this legally. You can do a rent back contract with the buyer, where the buyer agrees to continue renting the property to the tenants for some contractual period. But ultimately, it's up to what the buyer is willing to do. And legally speaking, the buyer would be taking a large risk in this agreement. If the tenant refuses to vacate the property after the lease agreement, the buyer would need to hire an attorney to force an eviction. This exact thing just happened to me (though not to this extreme). I had been renting a place for 7 years. My daughter has special needs, and was finally settled at her school, but the landlord decided to sell midway through the school year. I was able to talk them into continuing the lease through the end of June, but they tacked an additional $500/month to the rent. This was a violation of rental law in my area, as the increase exceeded the max allowed, but my choices were either that, or move halfway through the year.

How would she ever see him the same way again? I couldn’t.

I'd divorce him. I could never look at him the same again. F**k... I wouldn't even do this if it were their old dog who only had a few months to live. You only get so many moments in life that you will cherish forever. For me.. it was the month before my father died.. well every moment I had with him. But specifically the month that I got while he was sick. Then when my dog died last year. She was dying of cancer & I had one month before it would most likely take her life or before she was in too much pain to be a dog. I gave her steaks everyday. Spoiled her. Laid with her on the couch. Went for walks every day 3x a day. I could NEVER take that time away from someone who only has a limited amount of time left with someone. That's the most disgusting thing ever. Life isn't about money. We aren't here for money. Unfortunately we forget that & we can't get around the fact that wud you're not rich... you don't have the luxury of living life freely. These poor people. This poor kid. Omg.

I'd be filing for divorce

I can understand why anyone would give him the cold shoulder, especially his wife. Can you imagine what must be running through her brain right now? If they have children, or pondered having children, she must be thinking "what if" she had a child in a similar situation. She has to be thinking what kind of person she married, and what kind of price tag he would put on her and any possible children. Definitely couldn't see him the same way after that.