I am a disabled person and I've been living with my relative for 9+ years rent-free.
Hypothetically, if she passes away and I am still living here, can the relative who inherits the home evict me because they want to sell the house? I don't think they can because I am a disabled person and therefore a "protected class" and I know there are some ways to evict me, but there is a lot of ways they cannot.
I read somewhere that if you are disabled and been living within a home for an X-amount of years, legally the new owner has to give you reasonable accommodation (I think time) to find another place to go.
However, I do not have another place to go, my tiny SSDI checks are well below the living median in my area and there is "no room" in Section 8 due to the over-populated area I live in and 7+ years waiting list. And everywhere else around here has the same problem.
So my question is, would I be able to stay here for a while before I absolutely need to leave? Or are there legal rights I could exercise so I can try to stay here for as long as possible?
Well I hope so. See, you don't really know the way my family is. I live with my relative and things aren't working out. We argue a lot, we don't see eye-to-eye, just a lot of irreconcilable differences. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that shes 81 and I'm 28 so there's a huge age gap. Shes from the Baby boomer era and I'm from the Millennial, Generation X.
I have tried explaining my situation to the rest of my family and everyone basically shrugs their shoulders and says "Sorry, I don't know what to tell you". No one will help me with an apartment even though I'd be the one spending her entire monthly SSI check just to have another place to call home. I know, that's extreme but living here has gotten to a point of toxicity.
I am experiencing some pretty bad symptoms from the amount of stress I am constantly under, I feel sick to my stomach, dizzy, like I'm going to faint and have an embarrassing bathroom accident all at the same time. I've done my research and sure enough its all linked to my stress/ anxiety disorder.
So this is the biggest reason I feel the need to move out. I would just move to another state where rent is cheaper, but if I do this I will literally have no one to help me when I get my agoraphobia. So that's not really an option. I'd find a roommate, but I've moved out twice and both times it all went down the drain due to lack of funds or fighting.
Anyways, I think what I'm trying to find out here is if it'd be worth it to just stay and be sick 24/7 OR just TRY to find another place to go. It's really sad because you'd think that me being the only child of the family (I have no cousins, brothers or sisters and I'm the only Granddaughter, Daughter, and Niece) you'd think they would want to help me anyway they can. And no, its not a money issue. I'm not trying to sound entitled, but at the same time why not just help me out? I am literally doing EVERYTHING I can (on my end) to make ends meet so I can move out all to no avail.