When I moved to Mass., Megan had to stay behind in Baltimore to finish out the school year. She decided to rent out the spare bedroom to a girl she worked with. It was an informal arrangement and we didn't notify our housing management. The rest is down hill. I will describe the rest in chronilogical order:
-Girl gets fired one week after moving in.
-Girl drinks a bottle of my vodka that was in the freezer with some pills and spends a few days in the hospital. Tells Megan it was because "nobody was home".
-Girl gets new job at a clothing store near DC.
-Girl has nervous breakdown or somesuch at work a week after starting. An ambulance is called. She spends the next week in a facility.
-After hospital incident, girl has been spending 12 hours a day going to a hospital for some outpatient program because she was dangerously underweight and unstable. She is attempting to get disability but i dont think she's been approved. This could be because she has used it many times in the past.
-At this point she is behind a month's rent and a month + some in utilities.
-Megan gives her a few deadlines to pay what is owed, but girl still doesn't have the money
-After the final deadline is reached (last night), girl asks for more time. Megan is firm and says no. Girl states that she will have to live on the street and suggested that she will have to become a prostitute (this girl is a big time church goer so this was a bit shocking, but I guess that was the intent). Megan still says no. Girl says that we'll "just have to call the fucking cops then." Girl says "Fuck you bitch" a few times and storms out.
Basically this girl has a lot of problems but seems to try and use them to get pity. We feel bad for her but she is really erratic and Megan no longer feels safe living with her. I am in Baltimore until tomorrow and I'm trying to resolve this now. Since she is not on the lease and has no hope of paying us, I am considering just having the locks changed. We would be willing to hold her stuff and take care of her cats until Megan moves to Mass with me in June but we just dont want her in the house anymore.
Anybody have experience with something similar? Is there any legal problem with simply locking her out? How long is long enough to kick someone out when they're not paying rent? I'd rather not involve the cops because she hasn't actually dont anything threatening yet, but this girl is nuts.
