Hedco, Ltd. v. Blanchette, 763 A.2d 639 (2000)

Citation: Hedco, Ltd. v. Blanchette, 763 A.2d 639 (2000)
Parent Document: Hedco, Ltd. v. Blanchette, 763 A.2d 639 (2000)
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date: 2000-12-26
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5137835/hedco-ltd-v-blanchette/ ↗

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The facts of this case are not in dispute. Blanchette was a tenant in rental housing federally subsidized by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and managed by plaintiff Hedco. The parties had a lease agreement, according to which defendant was responsible for payment of $199 per month as her share of the $840 rent. In 1998, defendant did not pay her June rent on the specified first day of the month, but informed Hedco on June 5 that she had spent her rent money. On June 16, 1998, Hedco hand-delivered to defendant a notice on which was written, “Date of Mailing: June 16, 1998,” and which was titled, “Notice of Proposed Termination of Tenancy for Nonpayment of Rent and Ten-Day Demand Notice for Nonpayment of Rent Pursuant to Federal Regulation and R.I. Gen.Laws [1956] Section 34-18-35.” The notice informed Blanchette that she was more than fifteen days in arrears for her rent, and that:

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