All Forum Posts by: Alexandra West

The program is a disaster. I pulled eviction proceedings off the table and settled in exchange for the tenant, who refused to vacate after her lease ended June of 2020, to apply for the funds.  The tenant held up her end of the bargain - put in the application. She then vacated the property. BUT the program staff (both Sacramento Emergency Rental Assistance staff as well as Housing is Key staff) are telling me that "since the tenant moved out and is NO LONGER a current resident you won't get any funding".  Wait... WHAT?!?!?! ((head explodes)).  100% insane and infuriating, especially considering none of their FAQs or applications or anything say anything about this, just says "tenant must be a current resident".  They apparently meant to say "current resident at the time of assistance funding distribution, despite the fact that any reasonable person would read it as "current resident at the time of application" since no one knows or can say when the funds will even be distributed.  Do they expect landlords to tell the tenants they can't move out if they applied for the assistance until the funds are distributed?   

Hi Julie and Nathan, sending to last known address definitely makes sense and I hadn't thought of that, thank you!  I'll do that. Do you happen to know if it's 21 *Business* days or 21 *Calendar* days from move out date for landlord to comply? 

It isnt expressly stated, just says "Within the time period required ...the landlord will deliver or mail the Security Deposit to: _______________ (left blank by tenant), or at such other place as the tenant may advise". Tenant has not advised.  

Thoughts?

Hello, if tenant has not provided any mail forwarding address am I still required to return the security deposit? Is the onus on me to proactively ask her for her mail forwarding address if she failed to provide it upon move out? Also, I know about the 21 day rule - is that 21 business days or 21 calendar days?

note - there's a *lot* more to this story, I'm not just trying to keep a decent person's security deposit. I pulled an eviction case off the table in exchange for this person applying for State rental assistance funds and then she dipped. She didn't pay me a cent for a full year and used every lawful, albeit unethical, tactic in the book to legallt squat in my home in California for nearly a year in the name of Covid. I'm a cautionary tale.