This has been going on (off and on) for a few years now. We have an agreement with the property management that while we cannot pay the entire amount on the 1st of each month, we will pay something each week (or so) until the rent is paid up, always by the 1st. We were a bit behind in February and March due to mom's surgery and associated loss of income and they were aware of this. March was paid in full on time though.
Every so often, we will get a "Notice To Quit" hand-delivered (NOT officially served as we are not asked to sign anything--if neither of us are home, it is simply taped to the main front door so in theory there is no proof of receipt...). Those can only be enforced (not sure if there's the same restriction on issuing) if a three-month period passed with no payments. Most of the ones we've gotten have a balance owed of one month or less. Interestingly, I found the exact same form letter online.
We got another one today (and just paid today)...our lease was renewed earlier this month. They did this last year too. When that happened I was able to talk to a housing lawyer through an aid agency and was told that they cannot legally do anything if we have an existing lease and good payment history (which we do).
I'm just curious if there's a way that we can get these 'love notes' to stop (besides doing what we already do). It's a bit stressful; we know what we owe and don't need the official 'reminders'. At this point we think it's just a scare tactic (which in itself may be illegal if there is no good reason other than owing a bit more than they think we should).
Every so often, we will get a "Notice To Quit" hand-delivered (NOT officially served as we are not asked to sign anything--if neither of us are home, it is simply taped to the main front door so in theory there is no proof of receipt...). Those can only be enforced (not sure if there's the same restriction on issuing) if a three-month period passed with no payments. Most of the ones we've gotten have a balance owed of one month or less. Interestingly, I found the exact same form letter online.
We got another one today (and just paid today)...our lease was renewed earlier this month. They did this last year too. When that happened I was able to talk to a housing lawyer through an aid agency and was told that they cannot legally do anything if we have an existing lease and good payment history (which we do).
I'm just curious if there's a way that we can get these 'love notes' to stop (besides doing what we already do). It's a bit stressful; we know what we owe and don't need the official 'reminders'. At this point we think it's just a scare tactic (which in itself may be illegal if there is no good reason other than owing a bit more than they think we should).
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