Rented Apt with friend, tuned out she was a problem.  Landlord did not like her actually sent my a letter  in Jan 2008 stating we can get out of lease.  Unfortunally I did not have until June to start looking for new apt. But by then landlord said letter was for within 30 days, but […]

rand my roomate is forcing me to move wit no time to find another place and the cops are helping

Lease says LL will maintain all structural components in good repair. But we had flooding this past winter. LL has been informed but has been hedging about having it fixed because of cost. It has been almost six months. Has he not broken the lease agreement, which would release us from it? Because that is what we want […]

Ok I have a "perpetual" mold issue in the bathroom of my apartment. We run the the fan for atleast 45 minutes after taking a shower and even pointed the mold out to my landlord and they told me to buy kills or just scrub it with bleach when it gets bad. My wife is […]

I’ve been living in a rental house for 8 months now that is managed by a Property Management company. They have an online Maintenance Request form to request repairs. About a month ago the house became infested with carpenter ants… they appear to have settled or nested under the siding of the house and under […]

One year ago I rented the home I live in now,and signed a year lease.well that year has went buy and now my landlord is saying that I have to sign another years lease to stay,or I have to move out.is this legal or should it be month to month after the lease is up.if […]

Upon our marriage and purchase of our new home in August 08, my husband moved out of his apartment after 10 years there. He had just renewed his lease in May 08, making them aware that he would be moving in August. They would not allow him anything less than a years lease, but told […]

I told my landlord in May that I saw some bedbugs in my apartment. He told me to get some quotes and he would take care of it. I got 3 quotes and turned them over to him. I’ve been waiting for treatment ever since. We’ve spoken about it and he said he’ d get […]

My landlord emailed me stating that she is increasing my rent by 45%!  We rent a privately owned home in TX, and have been there for 6 months.  Rent has always been paid on time, if not early ever month.  Is it legal for her to increase the rent by that much when we still […]

I live in an apartment building and the Landlord has just installed water meters in each unit.  The billing company claims that they can remotely cut power off to the hot water heater for non-payment of the water bill, or for non-payment of rent.  Is this legal?