Gail, I thank you for your answer, but remain a little uncertain of one aspect. If the property is lost in the foreclosure on Nov. 4, how can a dispossessory action continue to hearing eight days later? To be granted a writ of dispossession, doesn't the plaintiff have to be the owner of the...
I rented a house in August, paying a deposit and 1st month rent. I learned in Late Sept that the owner was in default, and that the property was headed for a foreclosure sale on Nov 4. I withheld the October rent, since I probably have a snowball's chance in Hades of getting my deposit back...