Tenant behind on rent and went into rehab

[Eric Allgeier]

I have a tenant in a triplex that owes 1 month rent.  I told him I was going to start the eviction process two weeks ago and haven’t heard from him since.  (There have been ongoing problems with his rent payments). The apartment is always dark, he hasn’t collected mail and his phone won’t take calls.  Then another tenant said that the first tenant said he was going to rehab.  This made a lot of sense but I didn’t know he had a problem.  Now I don’t know what to do.  He’s gone but all his stuff is there and the future doesn’t look good for him turning things around.  Can I/should I go ahead with the eviction? I really don’t want to toss him and his stuff out with him in rehab but I need to collect rent.  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Eric