Really need advice regarding my Landlord not paying Property Tax

[MJ the Skeptical]

First of all: Pay the guy who was the owner of the house in the month you owe money. Especially if you are late on payment (which seems to be the case, unless it is normal to mention eviction on any bills you get). This could very well mean that you owe both of them a percentage of the rent for said month.

The tax sale happened on 6/17/14. I was never late on payments, so the eviction threats were shocking to hear from both of them. So you're basically saying I could be paying the previous landlord for 17 days and the new landlord for 13 days.

"Minnesota law gives tenants (depending on income and amount of rent paid) a partial refund for the property taxes they pay indirectly through their rent. (215) To be eligible a tenant must rent a property tax-paying unit. If the tenant is renting from the government, a private college, some other person, or other entity not required to pay property taxes or make payments in lieu of taxes, the tenant is not eligible for a refund."

Source (number 28 on this page)
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/Consumer/housing/LT/LT4.asp

You may have a claim on your government/ex owner as well
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I'm terrible with this kind of thing so I don't really know how I'd go about getting a partial refund for the property tax and I'm not sure what you meant by possibly having a claim on my government's owner.

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Try:

http://mylegalaid.org/


http://www.lawhelpmn.org/

I'm terrible with computers, I couldn't find the area of lawhelpmn that let's you talk to a lawyer for free on the phone. The other link doesn't service my county.

Failing a resolution, place the amount of the rent in a separate bank account.

Again, I'm stupid and don't know what that means or entails. I don't see how I have leverage at all in this, it's not an option to be evicted for us, we have nowhere else to go, I don't think I should be refusing to pay them, dammit I'm lost and confused.