Title 34
Property
Chapter 18
Residential Landlord and Tenant Act
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-38.2
§ 34-18-38.2. Just cause needed for eviction of foreclosed residential property tenants.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general or public laws to the contrary, a foreclosing
owner shall not evict a tenant except for just cause, or unless a binding purchase-and-sale
agreement has been executed for a bona fide third party to purchase the housing accommodation
from a foreclosing owner, and the foreclosing owner has disclosed to the third-party
purchaser that said purchaser may be responsible for evicting the current occupants
of the housing accommodation after the sale occurs; or with respect to a housing accommodation
in a housing accommodation insured by the Federal Housing Administration, unless HUD
denies a request by any tenant for an occupied conveyance or if a tenant does not
submit to HUD a request for continued occupancy before the deadline set forth in a
notice to occupants of pending acquisition delivered to the tenant by the foreclosing
owner.
(b) Within thirty (30) days of the foreclosure, the foreclosing owner shall post in a
prominent location in the building in which the rental housing unit is located, a
written notice stating:
(1) The names, addresses, telephone numbers, and telephone contact information of the
foreclosing owner, the building manager, or other representative of the foreclosing
owner responsible for the management of such building;
(2) The address to which rent charges shall be sent;