Linda Taylor, one of the beloved residents of Minneapolis’ Powderhorn community, is in trouble.
Miss Linda, as everybody called her, had been renting her home for the past 19 years and her landlord has threatened her with eviction.
This did not sit right with the Powderhorn community, who loved Miss Linda.
“We have a lot of good people in the neighborhood, but she’s the brightest star of it. Everyone likes her,” Steven Smith, her Powderhorn neighbor, said.
Miss Linda is known for her kind spirit, which started when she volunteered to help the homeless or anyone who needed the help almost two decades ago. So it was a big shock when the neighbors found out her landlord was giving her an eviction notice.
And the landlord had wanted her to be out by February 2022.
In Minnesota, there are several reasons landlords and property managers can give a notice of eviction.
These reasons include nonpayment of rent, violation of the terms of the rental or lease agreement, if there’s any illegal activity happening inside the house, and if there’s no lease or the lease term has ended.
In this case, the landlord wanted to sell the house.
They most likely waited for Miss Linda’s lease to end before giving her the notice to vacate.
All they needed to do was give her enough notice, usually between 30 days to three months, to leave the premises.
They thought it was going to be that easy.
Unfortunately for the landlord, the whole Powderhorn community found out about Miss Linda’s eviction notice.
And they protested. They took to the streets and gathered signatures to fight for Miss Linda’s right to stay.
That’s how much the neighbors loved her.
“Since the events in May 2020, the neighbors have banded together and gotten to know each other, really kept each other safe,” Jenny Jones, one of her neighbors, shared. “When Miss Linda told one of the neighbors, the neighbors put up a call and we all banded together.”
And Miss Linda was so grateful because she loved this community.
“I want to stay because I believe in Powderhorn and I believe in the neighbors,” Miss Linda shared with FOX 9. “This shows love.”
Fortunately for Miss Linda, the demonstrations, signatures, and protests worked!
The landlord agreed to sell the house to Miss Linda as long as she buys it by the end of June 2022.
The neighbors continued to help Miss Linda and pitched in to raise the needed money. And they were able to raise the $275,000 Miss Linda needed to purchase the house she rented.
Miss Linda was going to be a homeowner now.
“It makes me feel so good,” Miss Linda said. “Everything that I have given, it’s coming back to me and I want to continue to give. I love this neighborhood.”
Miss Linda is so grateful that she gets to stay in the community that she loves and that has been her home for the past two decades.
And to show how happy they were that she was staying, her neighbors threw her a block party to celebrate being a new homeowner.
Watch the video below to meet Miss Linda and her neighbors.
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