A landlord can not kick someone out because of psychological problems/mental illness. However, can they kick you out if you are acting very strangely, i.e. constant loud arguments with family, singing to yourself, jumping up and down and singing, shouting at things like lamps or your computer whenever they malfunction as if they were people, talking to yourself for hours on end, being on the phone with family discussing things which are obviously completely illogical, paranoid, and beyond implausible, laughing loudly for the hell of it, and just generally acting like a complete maniac?

[Roblovescats]

I guess that would depend on the local laws regarding tenant rights and landlord rights. It would also depend on the exact behavior if it falls into something that gives them that legal right. If the person is doing illegal activities such as being a public menace or dealing drugs the law usually is going to side with removing them but if it is not a behavior that is illegal it would probably need to be something stated in the lease contract as a community regulation violation and still there are usually a series of steps needed prior. Now, if the lease is month to month there's a good possibility they don't need to give reason and can give the normal required notice. If you are looking to get rid of someone I'd suggest contacting an attorney if you don't know. Could save you money because the tenants rights tend to be much greater than the landlord's. If you're being kicked out just google the tenant rights and laws for your area and read them. Read them quietly though so you don't disturb others, and don't read them to the lamp post. It can't hear you.

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[The_little_didgee]

Usually, strange behaviors associated with mental illness are not a reason to evict a tenant. Strange behavior only becomes a problem if it is chronic and interferes with the lives of other tenants.

Evictions in most places are usually due to excessive partying, criminality (E.g., drug dealing), hoarding, and nonpaying of rent.

Look up your city or town's state or provincial laws. City or town by-laws are another.

[Nammu]

If it is related to the psychiatric illness it would be against the ADA laws, if it is just bad behavior then maybe.

[Perna]

I don't think it matters how you behave in your apartment as long as it is not too loud. If one is not able to live alone/obey the lease rules that were signed, for any reason, that is a different sort of problem. I agree with the_little_didgee, you cannot disturb other patients by being too loud or cause a health hazard (by being a hoarder), etc. It would not matter if you did not take out the garbage because you were clinically depressed or because you were lazy; the result would be the same.

[unaluna]

I am definitely guilty of laughing loudly. Altho its usually just a whoop and im done. Sometimes its tv, sometimes its pc. My lease says "quiet enjoyment of the premises". The only time i know of anyone getting kicked out of here was a couple yelling at each other, like spousal abuse, during the day, really screaming. I think the cops may have been called a couple of times. Also ive been spoken to about talking on the phone with the window open - sound really carries here.

A question would be, why would you let your relatives endanger your quality of life that way? Ie by engaging in those kinds of ennervating conversations? One of my goals is to make my home a safe haven for myself.