The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-12
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from those often asked Of the local
rent office. II you have 1 question
about the rent sterilization pro-
gram address il 70: Area Rent Of
fice, nc Federal Bldg. Key West.)
9. About ! month ago I was
granted ! certificate BY your Office
. evict j tenant % that my daueh-
Ter and her husband. who has r.
turned from overseas, could occu-
py the apartment. The certificate
requires me to wait three months
before beginning eviction proceed
ines il the local courts. Now The
tenant has failed to pay The rent
due during the waiting period.
What can ! do?
a. II the tenant refuses to pay
the rent you are entitled 70 you do
not have to wait out the three
months but, instead, may proceed
with the eviction according to local
law after complying with the no
fice provisions Of the rent regula-
ti0ns. This provision requires that
you wait only three days after pro
per written notice u given to the
tenant and copy served on the
rent Office. II YOU do bring suit for
eviction against this tenant for non
payment Of rent you should notify
the rent office Of your action.
9. Recently Z house became va
cant that ! wanted to rent very
much. ! asked the landlord to rent
Il 70 me but he. said he was saving
i for someone else who would ar-
rive ID rent II in several weeks.
Later learned that ne had rented
Il 70 another party. Can be do thisl
4. Certainly. There u nothing ID
The rent laws that prohibits j land
lord from selecting whatever ten
ant he wants or from holding i Va
cant unit as long a. be wants be-
fore renting Il. He can't, however,
evicf one tenant lust because -
wants another one ID hiS unit.
Q. Ny landlord claims that he II
exempt from Federal rent regula-
ti0ns because he financed the
house I am renting under TIE CT
bill. \ that true1
A. II certainly Il not and ] BE-
heve. \ ! were you. I'd check with
fhe rent Office to see 4 this land
lord = abiding BY the rent laws.
All houses and apartments II The
Key West area. - well - virtual
y al other dwelling units. are sub
ject 70 maximum rent and eviction
control regulations.
q. About Z year ago ] rented IN
unfurnishcd house and furnished 4.
Now have to move out q the
state and would like 70 eel my
furniture g the new tenant. ! have
asked my landlord 70 let me md
7 tenant who VIII buy my furniture
before renting 4 70 anyone else. He
says ne cant DO this because q
Tie rent stabilization laws. h that
ccrrect1
A. Your landlord b correct. You
may. Of course. seek tenant who
would Be agreeable to buying your
furniture but il one comes along
who Il not, your landlord cannot
make his purchase az your furni.
tire ! condition II renting the
house TO him. This provision q TIE
rent laws Ii designed 10 protect
You, II well O. ether tenants.
AGAINST tie-ins which would circum.
vent he maximum leral rents.
q. Some time aro / leased /
house and 4 was specified n IL
lease that me tenant would use the
building Tor commercial purposes
Since then he tenant gave Is his
business and has used de house
exclnsively s. ! residential unit
with my approval. Does his unit
now CONS under rent ssahili1a-
|tfon rekulationsf
a. yes. Actual use mad 4 -
premises rather than IL terlnr 4
ne lease would desermine 4 ~
Unit n Affected N rem ssahilirs~
tim regulations. q ccurse. 4 ~
tenant used the premises ~ other
purposes shsn stated ii N lease.
without he knowledge u IL lnnd-
iord. then she Landlord would hnve