oh. well on that you are correct. however, should I fail to leave the apartment once the lease expires, (and I'm not going anywhere) that will RESULT in an eviction--or at least an eviction attempt. that takes me to what I was saying about 1942.5.

plus, the code says it is unlawful to even threaten or do anything that would lead the tenant to believe he will be evicted (like tell him the lease won't be renewed) if, again, the underlying motive is payback, whether or not you actually start the eviction process.

the law offers up $2000 per incident for intentional infliction of emotional distress for doing things like telling an unemployed person--who you KNOW is going to have a hard time renting a new apartment without a job because let's face it; YOU wouldn't rent to an unemployed person--they have 20 days to find a new place, pack, and move out. the law allows for that remedy because a scenario like that is QUITE cruel.

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now you are just using semantics and its name is not important. you can call it non-renewal, eviction, or Billy Sue Jenkins.

at the end of the day, the code says it is unlawful to: "increase rent, decrease services, cause a lessee to quit involuntarily, bring an action to recover possession, or threaten to do any of those acts, for the purpose of retaliating against the lessee." so if he doesn't renew my lease, that's fine...he doesn't have to, even though its unwise to let me live here with no sort of agreement whatsoever, because as I said, I'm not going anywhere. HOWEVER if he does ANYTHING to influence or force me to leave, I'm going to sue the stubble off his bubble (figuratively) and STILL not go anywhere.