Unsupervised Minors left alone in rented unit
A rather scary incident today at one of my units. A neighbor came up to me while I was inspecting another unit and was concerned about the noise coming from a different unit. We knocked on the door and a 12 year old answered told us that there were 4 children in the unit, the oldest was 13 and they had been left alone for more than 6 hours.
We did not enter the unit, but it was clear that this is a bad situation that is too dangerous to ignore.
As there is no law regarding minimum age of unattended minors in this area, it seems to be a grey area.
The tenants are new and under a short-term lease. When asked about the minors being alone, they felt there was nothing wrong with the situation.
I am considering informing them that the lease will not be renewed, waiving all penalties for an early lease termination, and offering them a cash incentive to leave early on a sliding scale with the highest offer for ASAP.
Any thoughts?