Me and my dependants need to know what our rites are a.s.a.p.  as the landlord has just told me he has received notice of forclosure on the home me , my wife and three children live in. He says he’s not sure of when they will lock us out.
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The Powell’s

We have rented a home for two years.  Over the course of the two years, lots of maintenance issues have cropped up that were covered up, either cosmetically or with a band-aid solution.  Most of these issues arise from a greater moisture problem in several areas of the house.
Long story short, a skylight that has [...]

I was evicted and the day I was visited by the sheriff he left and seven people moved my things out onto the street. One of them was seen loading his vehicle with my tools and other items. I was allowed to go back to get my things but then they kicked me out because [...]

I moved into a new apartment in the beginning of September of this year (2008).  At about this same time, new management took over our apartment complex.  They are a complete joke.  They manage (or at least say they are managing–but I beg to differ) our complex, along with a low-income complex a couple of [...]

I am by no means complaining about my claim made with RPA. Under the circumstances I feel their hands were as tied as mine. My landlord made my life, well…as comfortable as a body cast to say the very least. Breaking in my home, calling the police several times for unreasonable things (that I might [...]

After 2 1/2 years I recently moved out of a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom condo, and I am faced with a bill for $1350.00 to clean the carpets, buff them and dye them . Also to paint the walls. (No major damage, just normal wear and tear) We throughly cleaned the carpets before we left, and a there [...]

My family is currently on housing assisstance, we are already applying for new places to live. We we’re forced to move due to the land lord failing to the work required on an inspection. We are getting out of here by Dec. 1. We hadn’t payed the rent for this month until today being payday [...]

We moved into a beautiful house with a Beautiful Yard in August. On August 14th my property manager told me that they would be putting in a new septic tank, and had been planning to since February (this info was withheld from me when I signed the lease) The work started September first and was completed [...]

We have signed a six month lease for a single family home. Everything is going fine with the property manager, however the house has so many problems. My husband has missed meetings because he has had to wait at the house for a repair man. When it rains water comes into the dining room. They have [...]

I am a renter in a small apartment complex owned by a larger company. I have been living here for approx. 3 months and have had my premise entered TWICE without notice.
My question is, what legal action can I take if:
1) After the repair was completed, my premise was left unsecured?
 I asked for a [...]

I came to look at an apartment with a real estate agent who is managing the property for somebody, and has been for a while. On the day I looked at the apartment, it was early afternoon and everything was quiet. He had the lease with him and I stopped before I signed it and [...]

Ok so my apartment complex is trying to charge me for court fees. I would be ok with it, but the problem is I NEVER HAD TO GO TO COURT. I think they are trying to get over on me because this is my first apartment and I am young. Granted my rent was late, [...]

I’m a current renter who is on a lease agreement for 12 months.  My situation is regarding our utilities.  We moved into our townhome on a lease agreement for 12 months @ $1345 per month.  To our knowledge our utilities were paid by us in our $1345 rental amount.  We signed our lease agreement and [...]

I damaged a linoleum floor when moving a piece of furniture. The suare foot area of the floor is aprroximately 100 square feet. The landlord said his homeowner’s insurance does not cover this and handed me an estimate of $1,600 for a new floor. My questions are – 1. Shouldn’t this be covered under the [...]

I believe I am a good renter paying on time, quiet and nice person.Since 10 years i dont have any problems with landlords or apt.managements. But where I am living now i have problem with this manager and who is his mom with landlord.First we had problem about parking lot . 12 unit aparments [...]

My boyfriend and I rented from a landlord for about a year and a half.  We moved out on June 27th and left the country for two months.  Prior to leaving, we contacting him about switching the gas over to his name.  The gas meter is in the basement of the property and they were [...]

Hello, I want to rent an apartment. The landlord is asking for $1500 to move in. Is there any companies or loan companies that in Chicago,Il that would help with security deposit assistance? pls tell there’s some type of help. I do work but with the monthly bills, I can’t afford to move.

I moved out of a small apartment complex in July and have received a letter stating that I would not receive any refund of our deposit.  We scrubbed the place up and down (in many areas that I can GUARANTEE have never been touched before).  We did not have our carpet professionally cleaned and were told [...]

I just moved out of a duplex in SLC, UT. My landlord served me a 30 day no cause notice to vacate even though I had paid rent on time, in full each month and had not violated the lease in anyway. I paid a $1000 deposit, $500 of which was refundable. After the initial [...]

I want to know if this is right. My Landlord filed for an eviction for late payment of rent. I was never served any papers for a court appearance. Because, I chose to stay in the unit and pay the past due rent. I went to apply for another apartment. Come to find out I had an [...]