I'm a disabled tenant (on SSI) in California, living in a mobile home my father owns. We share space rent/utilities equally (~$360/month). No written lease, just a long-standing oral agreement.
Disclaimer: I used an AI to summarize this for me. I'm real and this situation is real.
Father/home owner recently left two written notices:
- First notice: Rent increase to $400+ utilities, explicitly mentioning I stopped doing chores. I simply avoided one task after he demanded it of me and because the grass wasn't long enough to weed eat, in my opinion.
- Second notice (yesterday): Says bills stay same IF I do chores on demand. If I refuse chores, I pay $400/month rent. "If you fail to do


