Cancer sufferer, 97 year old woman being evicted from homme of 66 years

Cancer sufferer, 97, is being evicted from the small home she has rented for 66 YEARS so landlord can cash in on booming million-dollar California property prices

...whaaat???
..."Where am I going to go?" - Marie, 97 year old home owner




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 Eviction: Marie Hatch, 97, was served with eviction papers this month giving her 60 days to move out of the home in Burlingame, California where she has lived for the past 66 years 



Hatch first moved into the home 66 years ago, and says her original landlord gave her permission to stay there as long as she wanted

The year Marie Hatch moved into the wood-shingled cottage in tony Burlingame that she calls home, Harry Truman was president and “Goodnight Irene” was a radio hit. Her landlord and friend, Vivian Kruse, told her she could live in the cottage until she died.
Fast-forward 66 years. Kruse is dead, her daughter is dead, and her granddaughter is dead. They each passed down the lifetime guarantee of tenancy for Hatch — but when the final woman died, so did the verbal agreement, the current landlord says. San Fransisco Chronicle
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Roommate 85-year-old Georgia Rothrock (pictured) who says she also has no family to go live with or money to afford another apartment in the now expensive community

. Between the two of them, they pay about $900 monthly rent, which chews up much of their Social Security checks.




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Since news of the eviction has swept local media reports, two attorneys at powerhouse law firm Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy have offered to take on Hatch's case, free of charge.

Nancy Fineman believes her client's situation qualifies as a wrongful eviction. 

'That woman will not leave her house,' Joe Cotchett, partner at the firm, said in a statement to the San Jose Mercury News.   

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Top Attorney Joe Cotchett is representing Marie Hatch