Karen

City: 
San Jose

ok, my friend and I live in a room that was built onto the back of a house.. there are 3 of these rooms with a bathroom in each. The kitchen is not connected with the house. The first thing is one day my friend and I were in his room relaxing and the landlord's wife knocked on the door and my friend said "hold on, I am half naked" and she said "I don't care" then kind of laughed, but walked right in and we both were speechless. Then she set an item that came in the mail for my friend. The second issue is that since we have moved into this unit on September 10,2013, we have had maybe 6 people visit us, and most of them family. Well, my friends cousin and her son came to visit last thursday evening 6/27, well both of the landlords came to the door and asked what my friend was doing, running a brothel? They actually asked him that! Well, his cousin was upset and she went home, so I walked her to her car and when I came back there was this letter: It says "You are hereby given 3 days notice to vacate the premises or pay $800 a month (currently $750) commencing the 1st day of July 2013. The reason being that you have turned your place into a brothel for which you should be ashamed of yourself. Should you fail to vacate, followup proceedings for eviction will ensure." Is this legal? and what
are our rights? Also, there is no heat in the winter and no cooling in the summer, we are burning up, no good ventilation. There is a sliding glass door and 2 small windows all on the same side of the room, so no cross draft. I will enclose pics of this.

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