Evicting someone with "special needs"

[Brandon Turner]

Hey everyone, we have a tenant who was getting really creepy (like… Really really creepy) so we gave her notice to move at the end of her lease which ends in 2 weeks.

However, she is slightly mentally challenged (probably drug related from her past) and I'm fairly sure she isn't going to move. She'll just ignore it.

Anyone else deal with evicting someone who is mentally challenged? Am I about to fight an uphill battle or is it normally just like any other eviction?

Any tips or ideas?

[Mathew Wray]

Brandon Turner I've never had to evict a tenant with special needs. But I do often have groups of special needs students come through my business where we help them practice skills to get full time jobs down the road. Where this overlaps with your question is that I've found that some independent special needs people have a work or life coach to help them keep on track with day to day things like paying rent and job performance. The coach is there to help if there is an issue. We've used job coaches to help deal with attendance, hygiene, and staying on task. They often have great relationships and are trusted advisers to the person. Perhaps your tenant has a work coach, social worker, or other trusted person who can help get your point across?

Good luck and let us know how it goes,

Mathew