Recently we discovered we have a mold problem in our ducts which is causing mold spores to be blown out with our AC and heat. My husband has been quite sick, (asthma, congestion, coughing, lethargy, itchy eyes, head aches etc.) so we investigated and found really nasty mold looking black and green stuff all throughout [...]

I live at a motel that also has apartments available. I rented one of the one bedroom apartments but was told I had to clean it first….not a problem. I do that regardless of whether or not it looks clean. So I cleaned everything including the carpets because I was told that previous tenants were [...]

Please advise if there is any action I can take against my former landlord for not giving me back half of my deposit in this situation:
I have been living in the apartment and renewed the lease in March for another year, however i the beginning of June I was offered a spot in a masters [...]

Hello! My roommate and I had to quickly find a new house because I had a new job in Michigan (we were in Ohio) and our lease was up. We found a small 2 bedroom house and moved.The landlords seemed really down to earth and friendly. The rent was a bit excessive but we hadn’t [...]

on august 29, 2011 my apartments front door was kicked in and i was burglarized, when i arrived home i informed my landlord and they sent a maintance man over to secure the front door with a thin piece of plywood. i then took 4 hrs off of work the following day to get the [...]

I am renting a home and stuck in a lease. My apartment is infested with cockroaches. Literally crawling with cockroaches. I want to get out i want to do something, but there is no housing authority that answers. There is no helping I have gotten from anyone. Who do i need to call? why cant [...]

Landlord’s fault house fire!!
rented a room in our landlords 2 br house. had seperate entrance and questionable wiring at best. On july 5th, 2011 woke up to house on fire, it completely burned to the ground and fire marshall claims it started in landlords part of house due to faulty wiring. We lost everything we [...]

I am an apartment dweller.  The landlord moved a family above me who constanly make noise.  I have written both the family and the landlord. The landlord answered my email saying they could not discriminate as to where a family request to live.  However the lease agreement states that tenants will make any noise that [...]

I can’t even get into the amount of problems we’re having with our landlord right now…but my biggest question is, can he advertise my house for rent if I’m living in it, signed lease and all?

I have lived and have been paying rent in this house for 3 months.  There are several issues that were addressed when we first moved in.  First and foremost, the old tenants had not fully moved out yet.  WE had 14 bags of garbage, huge amount of flys, a love seat, and a car in [...]

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First of all, thank you to all of you that take the time to respond to these. It is a great resource!
I live in the upstairs apartment of a two family home. Below is an older, retires, never leave the house couple that owns the complex. I understand that this is their home, but [...]

For starters, I have been dealing with this problem for over a year.  I moved out of my old apartment last year and gave my notice to the office manager as the lease agreement stated.  I asked her if that was all I need to do and she said yes so I left the office.  [...]

I am looking for rules and regulations regarding use of propane tank powered stoves in the rental property.  As well as info regarding fire alarm codes in the rental area.  Is there any type of regulation regarding the rental space (footage) and amount of $$$ the landlord can charge?  please let me know or point [...]

I leased a house for 1.5 years in Columbia, SC – paid rent on time, and shared the house with 2 consecutive room mates. No issues with the rent/everything. 

I moved out December 30th, 2010, to Seattle. And the house was cleaned and handed over. Of course the carpet was dirty from before I moved in [...]

I am a married man with 2 childeren renting a 2 bdrm apt from my apts. times fell tough this month and rent is late i paid more than half my rent on time.  I did not have the money for the other half however,  I went to get assistance for the remainder amount plus [...]

My roommate and I have lived in this apartment for almost 4 years. Since Jan of 2011, some rowdy upstairs tenant/neighbors have moved in. At first, we did the neighborly thing of going up the next day and sharing that they were noisy the night before. That did not seem to help so we started [...]

The Apt Assistant manager has been responding with some rather strong and in my opinion, stong language. Do I have any recourse?

We have lived in the rental for almost 3 years but our lease agreement ended after a year. We have had several problems with getting things repaired and wondering if the house is even up to code. Our landlord is trying to charge us a late fee if our rent isnt paid on time of [...]

I’ve been having problems as far having a few things that need to be fixed in my aparatment and I have been telling my landlord to fix them since I moved in which was on March 2, 2011. Am I still obligated to pay him rent if he still hasn’t fixed anything?

My roommate who did sign the lease moved his girlfriend in without even consulting anyone. Then within 3 weeks of her being here she was already causing problems because she was sneaking around in the middle of the night and eating us out of house and home and not owning the responsibility. Keep in mind [...]