Family Of Six, Two With Brain Cancer, Evicted For ‘Untidy’ Apartment


A family of six seemed to have their fair share of worry when both a daughter and her dad were diagnosed with brain cancer — an aggressive form in the case of the child — but it got worse when their property management company decided the Lilly family’s house was not tidy enough and evicted them.

In Oregon, mom Melissa Weiser-Lilly has been coping with daughter Alyssa’s cancer battle for more than four years. And after remission, the girl and her family learned the cancer had returned in a far more aggressive form.

If that wasn’t enough with which to contend, the Lillys also discovered Alyssa’s dad Jeremy had brain cancer. In a video made about the family’s struggles, they discuss the concurrent diagnoses and illnesses, as well as Alyssa’s (nicknamed “Aly”) tumors, one of which she calls “peanut.”

Melissa says, breaking down in tears:

“They said that a reoccurring ‘peanut’ is most likely fatal … And the best thing they could do – the best thing they could do is hit her with chemo and hope for the best.”

Jeremy adds of his cancer struggle:

“It’s about the size of a quarter on the left hemisphere of my brain – really close to the speech center. So in the next couple months we decided to go in and do surgery.”

Much of the community was sensitive to the Lilly family’s plight — but not Portland’s C&R Real Estate Services, the management company that claims their home is “too messy” and says the family damaged the premises.

Melissa Lilly says she took a day off from working, being a mother and nursemaid to her ailing daughter and husband to attend to the home, repairing damage and cleaning until the house was “perfect.”

Melissa says:

“I didn’t sleep like a full night’s sleep, I didn’t even take care of the family. I just kind of ignored everybody and everything making sure everything was perfect.”

But the efforts left C&R Real Estate Services unmoved — they evicted the family of six, who now have ten days to find a home and nowhere to go.

Neighbor Lisa Mann said: “We need to have a heart at some point and cut this family some slack.”

The real estate management company that evicted the cancer-stricken family of six declined comment.

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