Could this be viewed as..

[Linda Thomas]

Hello,

Tenant has been with us for 6 years over the course of the last year they have been late almost every single month on their rent and we have been working with them they always paid the late fee but they have always been late . Recently there was a leak we fixed the leak but we still need to repair the wall / ceiling we are in the midst of doing this and they knew that and they went and called code enforcement to file a complaint on us which we kind of feel it's like they stabbed Us in the back . The question is we were not planning to renew their lease either way because they are constantly late and their lease is up in 5 months so if I give them the 60 day prior notice to the least expiration date that we are not renewing would that be looked at as us retaliating against them for them calling code enforcement on us I'm concerned about that and just wanted everybody's opinion and input or do you think I would be better off offering them the option to renew the lease and up in the rent about $300 or $400 since it's way under Market rent for the area and maybe they'll choose on their own to leave and that way they wouldn't have any means to argue that I was retaliating against them thank you all for your help I appreciate it

[Mike Dymski]

I don't know the rules but would not hesitate to send nonrenewal notice with a long history of late payments, particularly given the unstable economic environment and recent government intervention on evictions.

It should take less than a week to start repairs on walls and ceiling.

On a side note, the resident is not the brightest crayon in the box calling code enforcement with a lease renewal approaching on a property that is $300-400 below market rents.