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It is illegal for a landlord to do any of the following to remove a tenant from their property:
- Physically forcing the tenant out of the property
- Threatening to hurt the tenant if the tenant does not leave
- Removing the tenant’s things without permission
- Turning off utilities (gas, electric, water) at the property
- Changing the locks
- Altering the property to make it unlivable If the landlord engages in any of the activities above, the court may award the tenant damages and attorney fees.
- You cannot be moved out of your home without a court order.
- Your landlord cannot evict you, kick you out, or ask you to leave your apartment for having COVID-19.
- Your landlord cannot evict you, kick you out, or ask you to leave your apartment for being under home quarantine.
- Being under isolation or quarantine in a hospital or other facility does not change your tenancy — your apartment remains your primary residence.
- You will still need to pay rent during quarantine or any time in a medical facility, just as is the case for any illness.
- Your landlord cannot discriminate against you, kick you out, or ask you to leave your apartment because of fears … and stigma around COVID-19, including discrimination or harassment on the basis of actual or perceived race, … national origin, disability, or other protected classes.
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If you are facing discrimination and harassment by your landlord, please file a complaint online:
- If you live in the City of Dayton, fill out the form on the City of Dayton Human Relations Council website.
- If you live outside the City of Dayton, fill out the form on the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center website.
- Renters—Evictions for not paying rent and late fees are prohibited by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ban preventing your landlord from evicting you between September 4, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
- MVCAP has money from the CARES ACT to assist you in paying rent and late fees. There are no income limits for those living in Montgomery County.
- Homeowners—Roughly 70% of all mortgages for 1–4 family homes are federally backed (by FHA, HUD, VA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or the Dept. of Agriculture). Many lenders are offering forbearance agreements on mortgages.
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now has links on their website so renters can look up and determine if their building is covered by the CARES Act protections because it has a federally or GSE-backed mortgage. Go to www.consumerfinance.gov/renters and scroll down to “Find out if your housing is covered by the CARES Act.”
No.
Your landlord cannot evict you, kick you out, or ask you to leave your apartment for having COVID-19.
Your landlord cannot evict you, kick you out, or ask you to leave your apartment for being under home quarantine.
Being under isolation or quarantine in a hospital or other facility does not change your tenancy — your apartment remains your primary residence
No. A tenant’s right to have guests is found in their right to possess and control the premises—usually based in the lease—and under the legal concept of the covenant of quiet enjoyment. In Ohio, this right is implied in every rental lease agreement. The right of a tenant to have guests in her rental unit is violated when a landlord obstructs, interferes with, or takes away from the tenant, the ability to invite and have guests. The right to have guests includes the right to use the common area for travel to and from the rental unit. There is nothing in Ohio’s Stay at Home order that gives a landlord the power to infringe on the right of a tenant to have guests.
To make it easier for tenants of subsidized housing to request a rent recalculation because they have had a change in income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our friends at the Connecticut Fair Housing Center created a form that allows tenants to put in the information about their decrease in income, address, etc.
Once the form is completed, the program automatically generates an email to the tenant’s housing authority as well as to the tenant.
There is also an option to have the letter emailed to the tenant only so that the tenant can decide where to send the letter.
Generate a letter by going to ctfairhousing.org/rent.
No.
A landlord cannot evict a tenant, kick out a tenant, or ask a tenant to leave their apartment for having COVID-19.
A landlord cannot evict a tenant, kick out a tenant, or ask a tenant to leave their apartment for being under home quarantine.
Being under isolation or quarantine in a hospital or other facility does not change a tenant’s tenancy — their apartment remains their primary residence
No. A tenant’s right to have guests is found in their right to possess and control the premises—usually based in the lease—and under the legal concept of the covenant of quiet enjoyment. In Ohio, this right is implied in every rental lease agreement. The right of a tenant to have guests in her rental unit is violated when a landlord obstructs, interferes with, or takes away from the tenant, the ability to invite and have guests. The right to have guests includes the right to use the common area for travel to and from the rental unit. There is nothing in Ohio’s Stay at Home order that gives a landlord the power to infringe on the right of a tenant to have guests.EOT;