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Woman holding an envelope outside with a frustrated expression, like she's reading unexpected news, as shown by a model.
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Apartment becoming hotel last minute
Detroit, MI
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So I got an email a month ago that my apartment is suddenly turning into a hotel at the start of this July, just a bit over a month before that would officially happen. They claimed they had no idea this was happening until the last minute, yet they are moving furniture in and renovating empty apartments almost immediately.
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They said we are allowed to finish out our lease, but after that, we could only remain as long-term guests with no official lease. The biggest issue I have is that while talking to people in the building, some people signed a year-long lease two months ago, and were not informed of this, and do not have to live out the rest of their lease with hotel guests coming in and out of the building.
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They have also been moving furniture in for the last few weeks, and have been leaving all building doors wide open, which is a total safety hazard when typically we have to scan into the apartment.
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I guess my question is, does anyone know if there could be aspects of this that are illegal or that us residents could push back on? A lot of us don't want to leave, but we REALLY don't want to deal with hotel guests sharing the same floor as us.
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The lease situation is the part with real teeth. Someone signed a year-long lease two months ago. That is a contract. The building converting to a hotel does not dissolve that contract, and being told you can finish out your lease while hotel guests move onto your floor is not the same thing as the quiet residential building you agreed to live in. What you signed and what you are now being offered are two meaningfully different things.
So now, A building that requires key card access for security reasons is now propping those doors open for furniture deliveries has essentially suspended the safety feature tenants were paying for, without asking anyone.
As I said, landlords, in theory, are generally required to honor existing leases, and a significant change in the nature of the building mid-lease is the kind of thing worth asking a tenant's rights attorney about, many of whom offer free consultations. A local tenant advocacy organization would also be a reasonable first call. The residents who signed leases most recently likely have the strongest standing.The building had a plan. The plan just did not originally include telling anyone about it.
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