Afraid of losing your home because your landlord is in foreclosure? Tenants have rights, too!

As the Florida fore­clo­sure cri­sis deep­ens, more and more peo­ple find them­selves sucked into court on a fore­clo­sure case because their land­lord stopped pay­ing the bills.

The num­ber one ques­tion these peo­ple have, is:

What are my rights when my landlord is in foreclosure?

The answer, you’ll find, is good news.

In May of 2009, the fed­eral gov­ern­ment enacted the “Pro­tect­ing Ten­ants at Fore­clo­sure Act of 2009,” Pub­lic Law 111–22. That law pro­vides that, in fore­clo­sure pro­ceed­ings on most mort­gages, the ten­ant is allowed to stay in the prop­erty even if the prop­erty is sold at a fore­clo­sure auc­tion. How long depends on the type of lease, but it’s usu­ally a min­i­mum of ninety days, and in many cases, the law allows ten­ants to stay until the lease expires.

Act now to stay in your home!

How can tenants protect their right to stay in foreclosed property?

More good news: ten­ants, espe­cially those who are listed as defen­dants in the fore­clo­sure case, can ask the court to pro­tect their legal rights as ten­ants to stay in the prop­erty. As long as those ten­ants fol­low the proper court pro­ce­dures, the court should, in most cases, pro­tect the ten­ants’ legal right to stay in the prop­erty by enter­ing a court order.

Because it is easy to make a mis­take unless you’re extremely famil­iar with court pro­ce­dures, we rec­om­mend that any ten­ants who want to pro­tect their legal right to stay in their home should have the help of a lawyer. The cost is much lower than you might think, and we offer a free half-hour con­sul­ta­tion to help you fig­ure out if you qual­ify for ten­ant pro­tec­tion under the new law. Just call us at 888−830−0830 or send us email through our con­tact page.