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    Default How to Evict a Non Paying Tenant from a House

    My question involves an eviction in the state of: California

    Two years ago my grandmother offered to help a lady out and let her stay in an unoccupied room in her three bedroom condo. The woman who moved into grandmother's home went through a foreclose, lost her job, and had filed bankruptcy. The lady told grandmother she was unqualified to get a lease because of the foreclosure and bankruptcy.

    For two years the lady has been staying at grandmothers and things have turned very ugly. The lady has not once paid grandmother any rent money to stay in her house. My grandmother had two cars and let the lady borrow one so she could find a job and a place to live, the lady has wrecked one of the cars twice, grandma paid for the repairs once and refuses to pay for repairs again.

    I am trying to figure out what I can do to help grandma out since she has stated she wants the lady to leave her place but is afraid to tell the lady. What had begun as a nice arrangement has become close to what I fear elderly abuse. My grandmother’s health has begun to rapidly deteriorate since the lady has moved in. My grandmother keeps stating that she keeps misplacing money. The lady kicked one of grandmother’s dogs twice recently because she did not like the dog following her around. The lady refuses to help grandmother out at all and says she only has to take care of her room and her side of the refrigerator. The lady has even scowled grandmother for touch what she calls her side of the refrigerator. The neighbors have reported to me that they hear the lady shouting at grandmother at nights sometimes.

    The lady apparently collects a pension, does not pay for rent and has done nothing to look for another place to live at. What can I do to help my grandmother other than continue to bring her meals every other day and help clean her place. Most days now I almost want to throw the lady out of grandma’s house personally but am afraid there could be retribution. Is there anyway grandmother can remove this lady that is acting as a leech? Grandmother’s health is deteriorating and this lady is not helping her get any better.

    Thank you,

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    Default Re: How to Evict a Non Paying Tenant from a House

    Grandma can try asking the lady to leave, but given how long she's lived there I am skeptical that the police would treat the lady as a trespasser if she refused.

    Grandma can evict her. I'm not certain from the facts provided if she could try to argue that the lady is a single lodger, which might simplify that process.

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