An eviction from when someone was single and in their early 20s is mitigated, IMO, by becoming a married couple with a child and good income 8 years laters.

That is a modern bs thing made up by local government to victimize ordinary people.If a parent is a criminal for wanting a better education for their child then the teachers and schools are equally criminal in providing a bad education, which they are paid handsomely for by the taxpayer.Sign of the times when parents are criminalized for wanting the best for their children.

If the tenants child were to get poisoned by pesticides, or they were hurt on equipment – the swing set that was left behind by the owner of the property for the tenants to use – the first thing the tenants are most likely to do in this day and age is to get a personal injury attorney.

They told me they had a sick child they had to take to the doctor because it was so hot and they had pictures of the thermostat to prove it.

This was a high risk pregnancy after miscarriage and a losing a child to SIDs. 

What I do, is try to look at the worst case scenario.And it's my opinion, that in the worst case scenario I can think of - where some tenant says their kid or dog got sick from eating soil on your property, I could argue in court that there would be no reasonable expectation for me to "assume" that the property was unsafe - given the fact that the city gave the okay, and I have the documentation to prove it.I would be quite happy with that risk.You can drive yourself crazy over this one, wondering if even if you test the surface soil and find nothing, that there may be some mystery leak buried down in the soil that may somehow rise to the surface, only to end up in the mouth of some dirt-eating child...  

He is the poster child for terrible tenants, a loser, a landlords night mare waiting to happen.

@Renita BoreeAfter our latest round with schools and doctors, I'm beginning to think every sensitive child with a bit of spirit in North America is labelled to have ADD or Aspergers these days.Up here "service animals" - which are predominately dogs - are to be trained and to have a temperament certification which distinguishes them from a "companion animal". 

Anyway, I think you should contact the housing authority and ask them what you need to do to get rid of her at the end of the lease.And in the meantime, you might want to call Child Protective Services if you think the kids would truly be better off in foster care.  

Fun little guideline that don't use all that often, but that I love.Principal Residence Properties[...]Borrower TypesRequirements for Owner-Occupancy[...]Children wanting to provide housing for parentsIf the parent is unable to work or does not have sufficient income to qualify for a mortgage on his or her own, the child [THAT'S YOU, JAMISON] is considered the owner/occupant.[...]Yup, you read that correctly.