QUESTION
Can you add loan to their rent
Asked on Aug 22nd, 2022 on Landlord and Tenant Law - North Carolina
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I have a tenant whom I rent a house to. The lease is in wifes name and husband is not on lease but also lives there. I loaned the husband money to help them and he has not paid me back. Can I add the loan to their rent to be paid back.
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Absolutely not! The personal loan, while arguably related to the residential lease, is only connected because that's how you know the individual you lent money to. Keep the two transactions separated. I'm assuming and I am probably right, that your lease says nothing about lending your tenants money and having it added to their lease obligation. If they are on time on the resnt you cannot start evictin proceedings or demand loan payments as part of rent. If you need to pursue the loan, file a complaint for money owed on the loan only in small claims court.
Answered on Aug 22nd, 2022 at 8:10 PM
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