How do you get rid of a bad renter?

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[–]bjam27 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Repeatedly call the police on her for unsafe living conditions. Hoarders are a danger to themselves and others around them, I've seen houses collapse because a hoarder had thousands of pounds of papers and magazines stored to the point hallways weren't passable. If you have an emergency contact you can try to enlist them to help. The utility companies might also care if its causing fire hazards.

Worst case is you could get the house declared condemned and get them out and then get it recertified but that would suck and cost a ton.

[–]Zapped[S] 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I found out from the upstairs tenant that her family has called adult services on her several times. The police stopped by a few times and didn't do anything but talk with her at the front door.

This is more of a trash hoarder type situation, although she does have a lot of junk in their, mainly clothing. It's not so much the weight as it is the rotten food causing foul smells, mold/mildew, and pest control problems. She also has changed the locks and the law says I'm not allowed to break in, even if I give her notice. I have to take her to court, but here we are.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Not all hoarders are dangerous, not even close.

However, if there are excessive bad smells then there's obviously a serious problem and she seems extreme.

Hoarders have reasons for hoarding.

Some are organized and feel there's potential use for all that stuff, even if they don't know what it is yet or don't have the motivation or time to finish all their projects or "projects". Deciding to focus on what's necessary and/or possible takes courage.

Some are unorganized and get overwhelmed when one thing turns into a dozen turns into a thousand. Faced with a thousand things to clean up or organize it's just easier to procrastinate and ignore it. This solves nothing and the piles grow.

Some are so poor (or think they are) or are over-sentimental (over mental), and they find value in things most of us would find junk in our disposable consumer culture.

Some have health and mental health issues.

Some just don't give a fuuuuck.

Knowing their root issues may help, but it sounds like this one is beyond being open to help.

Regardless, compassion is critical even if they don't seem to deserve it.

I'm curious to know if she's on "anti"-depressants. I tried 17-18 different kinds with 5-6 doctors and they were ALL POISONS making me worse. I quit cold turkey and have since cured myself of my blind faith in SCIENTISM. I was not a hoarder but I was "a problem" on their poisons.

cc /u/Zapped

[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's either genetic or learned from her parents. I have no knowledge of anti-depressants.