"Sometimes the Universe moves us along, willingly or no,"

I'm with Richard, do be sure you have had correct advice before quitting the property.

I know someone who'd been living in an old cottage for years. When the landlord died the daughter then tried to get her to vacate the property on the exact same ruse. The new landlady basically wanted to tart up the property so she could substantially up the rent. My friend refused to leave, and is happily living there still..

She did have a secure tenancy though and she realised the landlady was trying to scam her (she'd pulled the same story on another long term but more naive tenant, and successfully removed them), so there was little the new landlady could do about it but huff and puff.