Being in the rental business myself, I know how torn you can be. 9 people in a house is a lot and it does have increased wear and tear on items. I have had some refugee tenants before and I sympathize with their situations as my parents and grandparents came to Canada as post war economic refugee's from Europe.
You could use this opportunity to raise the rent substantially to cover increased wear and tear, say another $500 a month or something. I am not sure your current rent is but rent's have gone up in the last year.
Out of control kids and yappy dogs is an issue for virtually every family. Try and minimize your downside risk by looking at how the living arrangements are. Do they have mattresses next to the furnace and hot water tank? Are they using the natural gas line to hang their clothing? Are the smoke detectors all still in working condition? Who's paying for the utilities ?
Maybe you can extend them a couple of months till the summer so that the children can still stay in the same school?
Whatever decision you do make, make it fairly quickly as May is quickly approaching. You will need time to find new tenants, make any repairs for the humidity issues etc and they need A LOT of time to try and find new accommodations, it's TOUGH out there at the moment.
Best of luck to you and to them! Nothing wrong with being a rare good person in life and helping people out when they are down and out but you don't want to be taken advantage of either.
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