OC Scam I’m curious how your legal contract was broken? You agreed to pay rent, in return you were allowed to live in this house. You stopped paying rent, but continued to live in the house. To me it seems YOU broke the contract, not the previous landlord. As you said, until a court discharges this as a forclosure, the previous landlord is still the owner of record. But you’re not paying the rent you promised and signed your name to. Why not?