WE live in a house in pennsylvania and ever since Hurricane Irene came through we noticed a water leak which in turn has formed BLACK MOLD. We have contacted the landlord about this issue and she says she will replace the windows but will not address the mold issue because the house is 120 years [...]

My boyfriend and I moved out of our previous home on 9/30/11 and we cleaned it according to the list we were provided by the former landlord.  I put well over 20 hours of cleaning into the home so that we could receive our full deposit of $995.  Well, after the 31 days of waiting [...]

My landlord has informed us that after only two months into our lease he is short selling the house. Can we get out of our lease?

I live in a low income housign community that is under the departmetn of community health and evry year after the residents have signed their lease they keep goign up on the rent its about 15 dollars and this year if is 10 dollars but my lease says I am to pay a certain amount  [...]

Her is the situation, we lived in this townhouse for approx. 2 years and in the beginning we had a few power outages. The power would come back on by itself ( no popped breakers and flipping them did nothing) so I let it go. However over the last three or four months we would [...]

 I got a letter in the mail that the managers made a mistake in my lease, that in the lease we agreed on the owner to pay for the water bill and the gardner. So now i got this letter saying that it was their mistake and they want me to start paying this. Is [...]

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Rental Protection Agency has helped me so much with my problem. Like any of the renters who are writing their testimonies, I also would like to help more who are experiencing [...]

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I am just a construction worker who doesn’t earn much but I am able to pay my bills on time. When I get an extra income I go out and do fishing, camping and hunting. I really enjoy a lot [...]

I have been accepted to graduate school in Canada and would therefore need to leave my current apartment at the end of June. Since my lease is effective until the end of August, I would like to terminate my lease two months early. I have contacted my landlord through emails and letters regarding [...]

I AM CURRENTLY RENTING A HOUSE IN HEBRON, INDIANA. I MOVED IN ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND HAVE FELT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST SINCE DAY 1. ME AND MY BOYFRIEND LIVE TOGETHER. I AM WHITE HE IS BLACK. WHEN I FIRST MET THE LANDLORDS HE WAS NOT THERE AND I GAVE THEM HALF MY DEPOSIT FOR THE [...]

Our landlord sent us an email a month ago letting us know that our lease will be up at the end of june.  So we sent in our 30 day notice of moving and found another place and put down a deposit to move in the 1st of July.  During the packing process, we get [...]

At the end of April, 2010 I inquired about an apartment for me and my 2 children as me and their father were seperating. As I walked through the final available apartment the caretaker said, "This apartment is right next to mine, not many people like to live next to me" I didnt at the [...]

ME AND MY HUSBAND ARE RENTING FROM MY AUNT BUT SHE IS MAKING US OVER PAY $400 A MONTH FOR ONE LITTLE ATTIC. WE HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW AND OUR BEDROOM IS STILL NOT DONE AND THE LANDLORD SAYS SHE WILL FINISH PAINTING THE ROOM BUT STILL HASENT. [...]

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              I live in a very small town called Attica NY. We currently rent a home and garage from our landlord that lives in the house nextdoor. The house was built around 1900, so it is a very old house. Now I do have to say my landlord has done a fantastic job [...]

I have so many UNBELIEVABLE complaints regarding my landlord that I don’t know where to begin! Unfortunately, I’m on my way out the door and I don’t have the time needed to properly express the manitude of this property owner’s all out effort to avoid spending a dime for the maintenance and upkeep of [...]

So my previous landlady and I had scheduled a walk through for the townhome I was renting. When I got there, she hadn’t brought any paperwork (we had a legal "move-in" and "move-out" document with check boxes for stuff that’s wrong or needs addressing, etc) and was completely off topic the entire time. When I [...]

3 years ago I moved into this house, at that time I painted the entire interior, the walls were white and the previous tenant had obviously done a repaint that was akin to a Cathy cartoon.  The stove was not working and that was noted in the move in paperwork.  At the time the property [...]

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I am a renter in LA and filed a maintenance request more than 2 months ago. There are some issues with my apartment plumbing.   The hot water works fine in my kitchen, and is clean. But in my bathroom, every time I turn on the shower or sink, the water comes out brown-orange for [...]

I put a swing frame (removable) in my yard and my landlord said I must remove it by tomorrow. There’s no such thing in the lease. And I really love the swing sets for my kids!
Please, give me some advise! I really need help!
Originally posted 2010-10-18 12:40:25.

I recently moved into an apartment by myself. The pet deposit for this apt is about $1200.00, which is extremely out of my budget so my dog lives with my mother. Yesterday i had to take my dog to the vet (which is right next to my apt.)  My mother brought my dog to me, [...]