Renter Resources

Below is information to help you understand what to do if your landlord's property is foreclosed:

1) The law requires a landlord to disclose to a prospective tenant a pending foreclosure (meaning a sheriff sale has been scheduled)

2) Foreclosure does not change the terms of your lease

• You and your landlord must continue to follow the terms of your lease.
• You must keep paying rent unless you have a legal reason to withhold it.
• Your landlord must keep the property repaired.
• Utilities must be paid under the terms of your lease or under state law.

3) Moving out of the property early might be a violation of your lease

• Read your lease to see if it says anything about your rights if the property is in foreclosure.
• You and your landlord must still give legal notice to end your lease.

4) Your landlord has six months after the sheriff's foreclosure sale to pay off the mortgage

• If your landlord does not stop the foreclosure, there will be a new owner of the property.
• The new owner may have the legal right to ask you to move even if your lease is not over, but they must still give you a written notice stating they want you to leave.

For more information:
Tenants and Foreclosure: Know Your Next Move (en Espanol)
A brochure published by The Family Housing Fund to help renters whose landlords are in foreclosure.

HOME Line
A nonprofit Minnesota statewide tenant advocacy organization.

Law Help Minnesota
An organization that helps low-income Minnesotans solve civil legal problems.

Whom you should contact?

• If you live in the City of Minneapolis
  Contact: Legal Aid of Minneapolis, 612-334-5970

• If you live in Ramsey, Washington, Dakota, Scott or Carver Counties
  Contact: Southern MN Regional Legal Services, 651-222-4731

• If you live in Southern Minnesota (including Albert Lea)
  Contact: Southern MN Regional Legal Services, 888-575-2954

• If you live elsewhere in the State of Minnesota
  Contact: HOME Line, 866-866-3546

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