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Old 05-21-2016, 06:04 AM
 
Location: Bloomington IN
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How does a person move into a place and "suddenly" discover a couple of extra buildings with people living in them? How long have you been living there?

Given your description of the number of people and the conditions I find it a little hard to believe that this is a recent problem. It sounds like it existed when you moved in.
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Old 05-21-2016, 06:12 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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How does a person move into a place and "suddenly" discover a couple of extra buildings with people living in them? How long have you been living there?

Given your description of the number of people and the conditions I find it a little hard to believe that this is a recent problem. It sounds like it existed when you moved in.
If the landlord is collecting rent from them and paying for their water & electricity then they are not illegal squatters they are renters just like you are a renter.
Now, there may be too many people living there for the size of the building but that is the landlords problem not your problem.

And, why in the world would your landlord want to get rid of paying renters who have apparently lived there longer than you have lived there (maybe even years longer)? She would much rather get rid of you because you are causing a problem.
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Old 05-21-2016, 06:45 AM
 
Location: Midland, MI
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Sounds like the only option is to find another place to live as difficult as that sounds. Your "neighbors" sound like trouble in a lot of ways. They might be undocumented immigrants and your landlord is collecting lots of rent from people without many other options.

Getting out might help you avoid a number of unpleasant situations.
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Old 05-21-2016, 07:34 AM
 
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Since you are not in a rush about moving this time, no psychos or whatever else an immediate threat, you could take your time really looking into a good place to move to. One that is good for children. One where you can look around a few times and not, for example, see unoccupied storage buildings one day and then another day there are people going in and out of them. You probably have a good enough list now of what to look out for.

Hopefully, your nice landlord that lied by omission will make some financial allowances and let you break the lease.

The biggest problem is...well, you don't own the house...but also you're in CA where I hear there are some odd landlord tenant laws and it can be very difficult to get a tenant out. So even if, for some reason you yourself could get the tenants out and even if your landlord wanted to get those tenants out it may be very difficult.

You could spend a few minutes talking to a landlord tenant legal firm. Several online.
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Old 05-21-2016, 09:43 AM
 
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Yep, these are not squatters if they are paying rent. They are simply bad neighbors. You have bad neighbors and a crappy landlord. Look I realize you don't WANT to move again, but you are a renter, and circumstances beyond your control often dictates when you have to move as a renter more often than a homeowner. So if this situation in untenable for you, then you are going to have to look MORE CAREFULLY for a place that will work for your situation.
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Old 05-21-2016, 12:00 PM
 
Location: North Idaho
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I'm not quite sure why this would affect getting approval for a foster child. You live in a multiplex. If you lived in an apartment would you be turned down because the neighbors in a couple of other apartments had too many occupants?

Maybe if you make up for the lost rent of the other two units, your landlord might consider it. Since it sounds suspiciously like she is renting to undocumented aliens, the combined rent for those two apartments is going to be a high amount. Can you afford to pay rent for all three units?

I've never seen any sort of lease that stated the tenants were renting "the entire property". More likely your lease says something like "house and yard". The other two apartments are not a part of the property you are renting.

Those are not squatters. They are paying rent and the landlord knows they are there.

If you can't get approval for foster care, then you have two options. Forget about getting the kid or else move to a different place. Kicking out any and all neighbors that you don't like is not a viable option and it is not going to happen.
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Old 05-21-2016, 12:03 PM
 
Location: North Idaho
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I forgot to answer your question. No, you can not throw away their belongings. You could pick them up and move them back in front of their door. You could also clean up the dog poop if it bothers you and they won't do it.

You might point out to the landlord that the yard goes with your lease and ask her to request that the tenants in back stay out of the yard. It probably won't work, but you could give it a try.
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Old 05-21-2016, 03:57 PM
 
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And OP, be sure to post the full information on the other legal site you have asked this question on about how your landlord is collecting rent from these people so you get full information. No not stalking you, but I do frequent that other site as well.
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Old 05-22-2016, 08:26 AM
 
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Hmmmm. Maybe INS?
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Old 05-22-2016, 08:32 AM
 
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Original Poster: Contact an attorney instead of seeking legal advice on a public forum. Then follow the attorney's advice in regards to what can be done legally.
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