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Eviction in the United States refers to the pattern of tenant removal by landlords in the United States. [1] In an eviction process, landlords forcibly remove tenants from their place of residence and reclaim the property. [2] Landlords may decide to evict tenants who have failed to pay rent, violated lease terms, or possess an expired lease. [1]
If the tenant is on a fixed term tenancy and their lease is coming to an end, a landlord will be required to give them a valid notice to vacate. The period of this notice varies from state to state. If the tenant will not cooperate with the parameters of an eviction notice, application is made to the Tenancy Tribunal for possession of the property.
Steve Minson, an attorney for Kansas Legal Services who specializes in landlord-tenant cases, said the No. 1 issue his office contends with is tenants having difficulties with landlords making ...
The tenant may have moved out most of their furniture and intend to return to pick up the last few things and clean up the apartment before turning in the keys. Landlords believing the tenant has vacated the premises may come in ahead of the tenant, remove the remaining property, and attempt to charge the tenant for the "mess" they left. To ...
Free land, costly homes. The idea stretches back to the Homestead Act of 1862: Spur economic growth in rural America by giving away free land to those who will make good use of it.
Over the past four years, Kansas law enforcement seized $23.1 million in cash and property allegedly linked to criminal activity. Most of the time, owners never tried to take it back.
KC Tenants was founded with an annual budget of $30,000, which has grown to almost $600,000 in June 2023. [1] The union has worked together with Mayor Quinton Lucas on housing policy, [3] notably passing a tenant's bill of rights in 2019 that included banning "discrimination against prospective tenants solely because of a prior arrest, conviction or eviction."
A tenant was awarded more than $19,000 in a lawsuit against a Kansas City apartment complex that was infested with cockroaches. Litigation began in June 2023 when Quality Hill Apartments filed an ...