Winns v. Rosado

DEITCH, J.S.C.

In this action, the landlord seeks to evict a Section 81 tenant based upon the non-payment of rent and “other” grounds. The other grounds are specified as destruction of the landlord’s property, and allowing other families to live in the rented unit as well as the basement of the property. The rent claimed as owing is $102 of base rent for July 2014 and $155 base rent for each of August, September, and October 2014.2 The complaint was filed on September 12, 2014.

There is no dispute that this is a property governed by N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1.

Landlord attached a “cease and desist”…