My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Illinois
A good friend of mine let someone from his religious congregation live in a bedroom of his house in July of 2016. He is the home owner. She was in financial straits and he is a generous guy. They have a written but informal document stating that she could stay for two years; she is due to leave July 1, 2018. However, she has stated to me (as an acquaintance and another female-- not friend!) that she intends to stay. The rent my friend charges her is fantastically low for this area, and it would be hard for her to find anywhere else to live at this price. So I sympathize with her on that account.
However, the past year and a half of her"tenancy" has been marred by her getting my friend to "lend" (give) her money, most of which as far as he can tell has been gambled or drunk away; not paying the rent or paying late; home-safety issues like leaving stove burners on; and she has a daily drinking habit and often becomes, if not incoherent and unreasonable, verbally abusive. Yet she thinks she can stay past the agreed-upon time.
My friend is elderly and has just written a will in which I am named executor. I'm afraid that this "tenant" will try to manipulate my friend, get him to include her in the will or worse. My partner and I also have a fear that she might go as far as harming him to get her way.
When the time comes for her to go, and it doesn't look like she will, what recourse does my friend have?
A good friend of mine let someone from his religious congregation live in a bedroom of his house in July of 2016. He is the home owner. She was in financial straits and he is a generous guy. They have a written but informal document stating that she could stay for two years; she is due to leave July 1, 2018. However, she has stated to me (as an acquaintance and another female-- not friend!) that she intends to stay. The rent my friend charges her is fantastically low for this area, and it would be hard for her to find anywhere else to live at this price. So I sympathize with her on that account.
However, the past year and a half of her"tenancy" has been marred by her getting my friend to "lend" (give) her money, most of which as far as he can tell has been gambled or drunk away; not paying the rent or paying late; home-safety issues like leaving stove burners on; and she has a daily drinking habit and often becomes, if not incoherent and unreasonable, verbally abusive. Yet she thinks she can stay past the agreed-upon time.
My friend is elderly and has just written a will in which I am named executor. I'm afraid that this "tenant" will try to manipulate my friend, get him to include her in the will or worse. My partner and I also have a fear that she might go as far as harming him to get her way.
When the time comes for her to go, and it doesn't look like she will, what recourse does my friend have?
Grounds for Eviction: Informal Lessee Who Won't Leave Premises when Agreed
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