text: cotenant roommate threat month-to-month? hi, we are on a month-to-month lease. i read your forum and found many useful advice. however, the landlord refused to help give us a "notice to quit" and to renew the contract without the problematic roommate due to "not having just cause". the roommate threatened my boyfriend over an argument, he said "i will hit you. do not put words in my mouth. i will hit you."   all 3 of us reside in one apartment. my b.f. and i don't want to live with a violent person. is a verbal threat a just cause for eviction? we already opened a file with the police in case something happens. will the landlords get in trouble if we came to them with a serious issue like this and do not receive help? what will it take to change the terms of the agreement since it is a month-to-month contract so that the problem roommate is on sublease instead of being a cotenant?   we do not wish to move having got here first & for many years. is there a way to kick him out?  thank you. living miserably. "is a verbal threat a just cause for eviction?"     a threat of physical harm?  absolutely, yes.    but ... in order for your landlord to cover his butt and be able to take action, you will need to file a complaint in municipal court against the roommate and pursue it.  anyone can just go and make a report, be it true or false.  a serious person also files a complaint and follows through with it in municipal court.  once you do that, your landlord will have the grounds he needs as far as cause goes.  where i live, a threat of physical harm goes on a 3 day notice to quit and you can file for eviction three days after the person has been served.