They say money can't buy happiness, and in the case of MTV's Teen Mom star Amber Portwood, it can't buy you a place to live either. The reality star is sitting in jail on a probation violation, but an eviction notice from the landlord at her Indiana rental alleges the mother of little Leah violated her lease agreement before her jail term started last month. If she doesn't show up to court on January 25, she'll officially be homeless.
For a girl who told a judge one year ago that she was raking in a $280,000 salary from MTV, it's just about as low as it can get. And if the allegations are true, they're yet another sign that Amber's not ready to be a real parent to her daughter.
I've never been evicted, but I spent enough time back in my reporter days dealing with landlord/tenant fights that were brought to the newspaper to know it's pretty hard to evict someone. It usually takes more than putting a nail in the wrong wall to violate a lease agreement because tenant rights are pretty well delineated under the law.
It's looking like Amber just didn't make following the rules and keeping her housing a priority. And that's one mistake a parent can't afford to make. It doesn't matter what background you come from. I think we can all agree that parents have an obligation to their kids to provide the basics: food, clothing, and shelter. If she's done something to get herself kicked out of her apartment, she's failing on number three.
Fortunately the courts already gave Portwood's ex-boyfriend, Gary Shirley, full custody of the little girl. He's currently legally responsible to provide all three of those basics. But what happens when Amber gets out of jail? She has been saying she retains some kind of joint custody with Gary, and ostensibly that means she will have to provide a place for Leah to sleep when she has visitation.
Does this read like another case of Amber Portwood being a bad parent?
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My question is WHAT did she do to violate her lease agreement?? Doesnt have to be that she didnt pay, u know... maybe it was the possession of a controlled substance charge she got. They then can assume that she also had a controlled substance on their property, which, Im sure would violate the agreement also. Regardless, her life is in shambles right now and I hope she starts making better decisions...
Did you see the show? It could have been that she refused to clean the place and it was a health hazard. Either way if you break you lease you get evicted. The home owner has to pay their own bills and make sure their property is kept in good condition.
270K a year? Why didn't she BUY a house? Oh, that's right...she's a moron!
Honestly, why doesn't the Teen Mom crew just set up production in a trailer park where there would be some modicum of housing stability for her.
the poor girl needs help, she doesnt act this way on purpose, she has depression, shes bipolar, she doesnt have her daughter and is constantly accused of being a bad parent when she cant help it, she made a bad decision for hitting gary and just because of that her life is complete shit, shes on suicide watch in prison shes that messed up now, i hope she gets help soon
If you don't pay the rent on time, you can be evicted. You can get an eviction notice and they have to go to court to kick them out. A violation of a rental agreement could be non payment of rent. Could be having a dog when agreement said no. Could be she had a loud party (might not get kicked out for that). But not paying rent could get her kicked out. Could have inended to pay but went to jail. However a probation violation sounds serious to me and I'd worry more about that thn an eviction. If she has money she can rent another place. But a probation violation put her back in jail. That is serious.