Check and make sure they have the proper and up to date rental licensing and permits. If not legally you don’t have to pay rent and they aren’t legally allowed to receive rent payments. They will also be fined and written a citation.

Hey, I know someone else in your building dealing with this! What does your lease say? Some leases have a clause that says something like "in the event the building is sold to a new owner this lease is invalid". If there ISNT a clause that SPECIFICALLY says the lease terminates when the building is sold, the new owner is legally obligated to finish out your current lease - meaning that the eviction would be unlawful. Additionally, removing access to a parking lot provided by your lease would be illegal. I'm not a lawyer but you can post to r/legaladvice for more specific help. Baltimore has a couple tenants rights groups you can find by Google ng. But the most important thing is to READ YOUR LEASE and see what it says.

Whoops I just noticed you said your lease is month-to-month. If that's the case, 60 days is more notice they owe you, they're simply choosing not to renew your lease and there's probably nothing you can do. That's literally the nature of a month-to-month lease.

It’s unfortunate you may be displaced…. But, development isn’t an inherently bad thing, right?

Then you probably know good people 😉

We all realize that getting pushed out is inevitable, and want to ensure fair treatment. I’m not surprised by the chain of events, but their tone throughout communication has been disrespectful.

I’ve been in this company’s properties, and they are not quality renovations. So no, in this particular case, I am not a fan.

I don’t understand, you signed up for a lease that is only valid for 30 days, but now you’re mad that the lease is going up at the end of the 30 days and you can’t stay longer?

I’m not sure I grasp what the “greedy” company has done wrong. They gave you until the end of your lease to leave, that isn’t “strong-arming” you, that’s typically how leases work - you’re free to leave and the owner is free to have their space back. So I’m not sure what legal action could be taken against the developer, given you signed a contact that was specifically not for longer than 30 days.

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We did not sign a monthly lease. We became so after making our home here for an average of ~12 years. I understand where we stand, but that doesn’t mean that a company can come in and ignore laws (which we have evidence of). This is gentrification, and we realize this isn’t a unique situation. But it stings a bit to be a part of a community that defines its character, and then to be priced out. All for the profits of a developer that will contain to whitewash every trendy neighborhood.

Yup!

If you were there “for an average of 12 years,” why didn’t you get a yearly lease?