Tenants evicting tenants?

[Raimon Hubbard]

Can a tenant evict another tenant not on the lease or does the property owner need to get involved? This is a situation In Michigan but all answers and bad tenant experiences will be appreciated.

[Account Closed]

I am assuming you are saying you have a tenant and that tenant has another person living in the same rental unit or house. Most leases and rental agreements state that tenants cannot sub lease or sub rent a rental unit. Therefore, the person in question should most-likely be considered a guest and not a tenant.

We have problems all the time where tenants move lovers into their units and when they don't want to be with each other, anymore, they ask us to kick their lover out. We refuse to get involved, but we will give everyone in the rental unit the boot when they move in people not listed on the lease and refuse to pay the additional rent that we charge.

Don't get involved unless you want to charge more money, or if they are thrashing your unit.