ENDING LEASE IN MN AFTER RECEIVING RENTAL ASSISTANCE

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Our tenants received rent assistance from RENTHELP MN that paid through Feb. Their lease is now expired. Can we tell them we are not renewing the lease and ask them to leave or are we still required to wait until June when the eviction moratorium expires?

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James Hamling

Real Estate Broker · Minneapolis, MN · Member since 2011 · 5k+ posts · 6k+ votes

@Mark K. here in MN, that RENTHELP MN payment ONLY covers the time frame it paid for, that's it.

With lease expiration it is normal as with any, you serve notice and communicate that not extending lease, setting move-out inspection and all that fun.

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Our tenants received rent assistance from RENTHELP MN that paid through Feb. Their lease is now expired. Can we tell them we are not renewing the lease and ask them to leave or are we still required to wait until June when the eviction moratorium expires?
The eviction moratorium prevents you from evicting a tenant for the non-payment of rent. If their lease is expired, you can still terminate and require them to leave. Give them proper notice according to your state law.
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John Woodrich
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Quote from @Nathan Gesner:

Quote from @Mark K.:

Our tenants received rent assistance from RENTHELP MN that paid through Feb. Their lease is now expired. Can we tell them we are not renewing the lease and ask them to leave or are we still required to wait until June when the eviction moratorium expires?
The eviction moratorium prevents you from evicting a tenant for the non-payment of rent. If their lease is expired, you can still terminate and require them to leave. Give them proper notice according to your state law.

Laws vary by state - he didn't mention anything about evicting the tenant nor that this was based on non-payment of rent. Sounds like he is simply planning a non-renewal of lease.
In any instance - the June deadline doesn't matter as his tenant doesn't have a pending assistance application. https://homelinemn.org/phaseou...
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The lease "already expired" so they will naturally convert to a month-to-month lease, which requires termination.
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James Hamling
Real Estate Broker · Minneapolis, MN · Member since 2011 · 5k+ posts · 6k+ votes
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@Mark K. here in MN, that RENTHELP MN payment ONLY covers the time frame it paid for, that's it.
With lease expiration it is normal as with any, you serve notice and communicate that not extending lease, setting move-out inspection and all that fun.
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John Woodrich
Flipper/Rehabber · Minneapolis, MN · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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Quote from @Nathan Gesner:
The lease "already expired" so they will naturally convert to a month-to-month lease, which requires termination.

Correct - The eviction moratorium is not relevant, he can give a non-renewal/lease termination letter and end the lease. If they won't leave, he can evict.
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