I have lived in a duplex for over 3 years. My landlord is for the most part pretty good as in, reasonable prices, fixes things reasonably well etc. However, it is obvious that he only rents to women. He has himself stated that men “change the dynamics”. When I moved in the tenants in the [...]

We were given a three day notice to pay or quit when we were already on constructive eviction. There were pipes leaking in the bathroom, combined with poor ventilation, resulted in mold build-up. There was suffocating levels of secondhand smoke in my apartment, and exposed electrical wires. Then we found bedbugs in our bedroom. We [...]

This is kind of complicated.  The apartment my friend just left is trying to charge her over a  years worth of fees for an unsigned lease.  They are charging her not becasue she did not sign her lease but becasue her roommate’s former roommate did not sign her lease the last year she renewed it.  [...]

I have been renting a house with two responsible and clean roomates for a year. Our landlord never bothered to send our lease back with her signature even though we frequently asked. She never bothered to do a LOT of things since she lives across the country and does not appear to care about the [...]

I am a college student living off campus.  I will be moving out at the end of the term.  My landlord is trying to rent to a new student before the end of the term.  He is insisting that I show the apartment to any and all comers.  He is a few hours away.  When [...]

I moved into this new apartment last month & i started realizing this last past week i couldn’t BREATHE in the bedroom. little to my surprise there is black mold in three windows of the apartment. i am really allergic to mold. i have asthma which rarely acts up but i am nearly to the [...]

I’ve been living in my 2 bedroom apartment for 15 months.  I have signed a lease to go through the end of December, 2009.  About 2 weeks ago, my landlady sent a letter to me and my boyfriend (who doesn’t live with me… we’re not sure how she got his name and address) saying there [...]

Hello fellow Renters!
We all know in this financial environment our hard-earned dollars are
needing to stretch farther than ever!!!
The fact that there are upside-down home owners who are now choosing to rent
their homes because they can’t sell are turning into theives by stealing
our deposits, promising to reimburse for costs incurred after written documentation,
and refusing to provide [...]