Evincting an employee

[Peter Zoltowski]

I have a question about the rights a tenant has when their housing is paid for by / related to their job. For the last three years I’ve had a part time job working as an advisor to a fraternity. I was picked by the fraternity but am technically an employee of the university. I receive a small amount of monetary compensation every month but the main benefit is that I get to live for free in the fraternity house. Today I was informed through the fraternity that the university would like to replace me with a full time employee who would oversee multiple fraternity houses and that the university would like this person to move into my apartment portion of the house in the next 4-6 weeks. I’m wondering about what rights do I have as a tenant of the house when that tenancy is related to my employment? In prior discussions I had always told the fraternity / university that I would give them 3 months notice if I intended to leave the position and was told that I would also be given 3 months notice if they ever wanted to replace me. There is no lease agreement and the paperwork I completed when put onto the university payroll did not cover anything related to housing. I don’t plan on refusing to leave but would like more time to find another place to live. I am in Pennsylvania. I appreciate any insight a lawyer or someone who has been in a similar situation may have. Thanks.