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I am able to pay the rent that I owe

If you are now able to pay the rent that you owe, you may be able to move back into your apartment.

The first step to regaining possession of the apartment is to stay (stop) the Warrant of Removal. If the facts that you present to the court are considered to be good reasons for staying the Warrant, the judge may issue an order allowing you to stay in the apartment for a certain temporary period of time (usually up to six months, in some situations longer)

Sometimes the reasons that you present will also convince the court to vacate “throw out” the Judgment of Possession. If the court vacates the Judgment of Possession, the tenancy relationship between you and the landlord continues and you can stay in the apartment.

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I am disabled

I am elderly

I am terminally ill

I did not appear in court because I entered into a settlement with the landlord and he/she told me not to go to court

I did not appear in court because I was sick

I did not appear in court because my landlord told me not to go to court

I did not have the money to pay my rent at the time of the hearing but now I have the money

I did not receive a summons and complaint from my landlord and the warrant of removal was the first court paper that I have received that tells me of any legal action against me

I did not receive any notice of the problem before the landlord filed the complaint

I have new proof showing that I should have won the eviction case

I need to stay in the apartment temporarily but for more than seven days

I offered to pay all the rent that I owed to my landlord on the date of the hearing but he/she refused to accept it

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