Is my townhouse in foreclosure? Owner/landlord not cashing rent check.?

Ok so heres the story...we moved into this townhouse to rent in nov 2010...we still do not have a lease we kept being told wed get it in the mail to sign and return and nothing. So the owner of the unit told us to just send him the checks directly and it seemed to be working out good that way. Over the course of the last 7 months weve noticed many of the townhouses our owner has are in foreclosure or have a lien on them. He has been on our tails if he doesnt have the rent check in his hands by the 5th of every month and now its june 20th and he has yet to cash our rent check. We tried calling him and it goes right to voicemail everytime weve sent numerous texts and nothing. Rent is due in about 1.5-2 weeks and that means double rent would have to come out of our bank which is not fair to us as our finances are now all thrown off. we also got the water bill which we always include in the rent so hes not paying that either. I told him we would not be paying julys rent until he told us what was going on and why he isnt cashing our check or returning our messages. Does it sounds like foreclosure possibly?