can my landlord do this?

I have a couple questions… can my landlord refuse to fill oyt a cathlolic cherities rental assistance form? And i was told by the septic tank pumper that my septic is out dated and overflows into or on my lawn and the other half of the house has a huge crack in rhe bottom of theirs and is failing.I have constanr water and mold in my basement and 4 of my main rooms run on one 15amp fuse

At the time I signed my lease at this apartment complex, there was open parking.  we were issued 2 parking passes at no charge to show our cars were tenant owned.  during our lease there was a change in management companies and now the new company is mandating a one time $50 charge to get a new parking permit for a 2nd vehicle, otherwise they will tow cars that do not have this new permit.

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I terminated my lease early.  I placed an ad, took the calls, showed the property then sent the prospective tenant to the landlord.  These tenants were handed the keys on the day the landlord did our final walk through. The walk through went well, no repairs needed. The itemized list came a couple of days ago with $840 deducted for 28 hours of work related to renting the property at $30 an hour and $30 for gas, $870.  It took us 1 hour to place the ad, take the call and show the property to the tenants that now occupy it. I believe this violates her duty to mitigate loss and acting in good faith because the hours are excessive as evidenced by how long it took us to find the tenants that occupy the property at this moment and similar real estate related jobs that perform the tasks she says she did pay $15 an hour in the area.  We agreed to show the property to any and all prospective tenants she sent.  She sent none. .She also rented the property for $40 more a month for the remaining 6 months of our lease which is a gain to her not a loss.   Do we have a leg to stand on legally to recover the $870? Is she acting in bad faith. my email is fannneee@aol.com

I moved into a apt complex and signed a 1 yr lease once the lease expired i have decided to go month to month while looking to move .  Because I am month to month my rent has been increased from $1395.00 to $1545.00 and I also have to pay pet rent every month $35.00 in addition.  When paying my rent this month I was told there was an additional $200.00 due .  They are calling it a month to month fee and will reject my rent check without it.  This makes my payment almost $200.00 more than street value.  We also have to pay all utiltities and we dont have separate meters so they prorate per building per apt, they have poor maintenance so we pay for the water leaks in the sprinklers too.  I pay more water here in a tiny 2 bed 1 bath with no washing machine then I did for my 4 bed 2 bath house with a yard and a pool.  Is this fair can they do this?  Can they serve me a 3rd day if i pay the actual rent and not the additional outrageous fees?  I live in California if that makes a difference with the rental laws. 

The first week I moved in I noticed some roaches coming out and a bad sewer smell coming from the master back bathroom. I was trying to figure out the smell because I was worried what it was and I pulled up to the house after work and was pulling the trash cans up to the house and a group of kids were walking by and they stopped and he said I used to live in that house I said really he said we had to move there was a bad smell and a water leak and bugs…I didn’t ask to much and he kept walking. So at that time I contacted the water dept to see if there were any leaks in the home in the past thinking that is what is causing the smell. The water Dept told me yes there was and the last 3 bills to the people living there was really high. I contacted the landlord and confronted him of the leak and smell and roaches he came out and patched up the wall around the pipes under the sink and said I was smelling some pesticide they put under the sink cabinet and gave me bombs to set off for the roaches, he said they have found no leak in the house and was watching the meters to the water.  After he left I cold still smell the foul smell under the sink a little so I just turned the water off under the sink and have not used it since and the smell is no longer there.

On February 5^th I set the bombs off in the house and went to work.  Saturday the 9^th I woke up with bites on my hand and some on my body. So at that point I was trying to figure out what is biting me. Sunday the 10^th I woke up and had more bites on me and started panicking to what it was. I was afraid to sleep in my bed at that point and slept on the couch a few days. I did contact the landlord immediately and tell him what was going on and I will let him know if I find what is going on. Wednesday the 13^th I came home and found a bug crawling on the bed so I put it in a plastic baggy and starting looking up on the internet what it could be. I found it was a bed bug!!!!!!!!! I put it in a plastic baggy so I could show the landlord and exterminator .I was in panic and called the landlord and told him what it was. He called and said an exterminator would be there Friday at noon to spray. In the meantime I was looking around the house trying to find anything of what was going on I had found in my window seal two tiny bedbugs dead and started taking pictures. I have learned that you cannot get rid of bed bugs with a bomb it just aggravates them so my conclusion was this house has been sprayed for them before I moved in. 

Friday the 15^th a man in a car came to my door with my landlord and he was here to spray the house. He went to the trunk of the car and took out a small little carry can sprayer magnifying glass and went in and started spraying. I was asking him about my clothes etc. He didn’t seem too concerned. At that time I didn’t think this was going to fix the problem. He did say that from the looks of it these have been here awhile.  So I went to work for a couple hours and went back home and felt I was getting bit and was afraid with him spraying a couple hours ago they were bad in the house. So I called my landlord and he said he would get me a hotel. I met him at the not so good hotel and stayed there. At this point I was distraught over everything happening knowing my furniture is possibly damaged, clothes, and no way I could stay there. I knew I was bit by spiders, bedbugs, and the little bit of roach problem I couldn’t take it. I decided to stay with my brother that next night and took nothing with me and I called my landlord and told him I don’t think I will and want to live there and he said he hopes I would  stay and they didn’t want to lose me as a tenant. (due to the fact they had very dirty tenants before me and told me that’s why they had to pull up all the carpet and painted and fixed ) he wanted me to give it a couple days so I said ok I will contact you here in a few days. At that time I went in and got one small bag of clothes and a few things to make it for the work week took it to the laundry matt, sprayed my car down, vacuumed over and over trying to keep from spreading these bugs.  I had to let my boss know what was going on because I was in terror thinking I may have carried these up to work. I worry my mother, brother, and daughter’s houses could have them by me going over there the few weeks I did not know what was going on.  Monday the 18^th I went to the Dr for my cough and bites because one of my spider bites was purple that bit me on the leg and the other on the arm had a ring around it. The dr was more concerned about the bites on my hand because they didn’t look like the others…He told me it looks like Scabies/Mites and was going to treat me for it and gave me the cream. That night I put it all over my body and a day in a half later they are finally going away and not itching. So now not only did I get bit with bed bugs I was treated or Mites. I called my landlord back on February 19^th and told him I could not live there and if he was going to hold me to my two year lease and that I would like my money back. He said no he was not going to hold me to my lease and I asked if he would please put it in writing and that I would be moved out by the 24^th and will get with him to give him the keys and such. He said ok I asked if I could have my money back total of  $1820.00(800.00 deposit, 170.00 prorated rent, and 850 for first month rent) he said he would have to look at the lease and didn’t tell me yes or no. He also asked if it was ok if they put a rent sign in the yard and if he could show it. I told him the rent sign was ok but he needed to wait till I was out Sunday the 24^th to show it. I could not believe they are going to move someone else in this quick NOT knowing if they are gone and turn another family’s life upside down. My life has been upside down not to mention I am losing everything I have worked for in my home at the moment…I was going to try and salvage a few things but my couch and beds will be gone. I have been losing a lot of sleep and my job has been under stress going through all of this. I haven’t even received my first water bill. What to do….???

I just spoke to my Landlord and she is saying that she will be locking me out of my home in 2 days, on Monday.  She says she can do this with out a court order and that it is legal and that her attorney told her this.  I have 3 children under the age of 12 and no where to go.  Is this something that she can do?  I do owe some back rent but she refuses to take any money form me.  What can I do?

I explained to my landlord that I had to break my lease because I was getting custody of my sisters three children, two boys and a girl, the apartment was not big enough to accomodate, I asked how could I get out of my lease I was given a letter that stated that I had to pay $1,000 down I would be responsible for 1 month rent and would have to pay $205 for the additional month.  I paid $1000 before I could settle the rest the landlord turned my case over to a collection agency. First they tried to get me to pay $2700, and my husband to pay $2700, when I told them about the agreement they had me fax them a copy which I did now they want $1400 and are trying to track on all kind of other charges. example, cable was included in the rent, they are trying to charge me for cable, water, blinds being damaged, late fees. I told them that I was only paying what was on the agreement which is $1200. My first question is can they do this. Do I have to pay for items that are not on the agreement and do I have to pay it all at once.

I am currently renting a house from a woman whos mother used to live ther who passed away a couple of years ago.  I don’t know if Indiana requires people who rent to obtain a license, but she never made me sign a lease.  She also requested that I pay her in cash.  Perhaps she didn’t want to get taxed?

She stuck a letter in my mailbox ststing I need to be out in seven days or else she was going to call the sheriff.  That is not merely enough time for me.  I read that without a signed lease our agreement would be considered a month to month and she must give me at least thirty days.  Any advice or suggestions on this matter are greatly appreciated.

I signed a lease and got the keys for an apartment declaring I had 1 small dog.  My family was coming to be with me from another state.  They told me the had another small dog with them.  I called the landlord to tell her and she stated that it was a lease breaker to have another dog.She told me she was going to charge me a daily rate until she rented the apartment again and was keeping my 1st month rent and deposit.  I never stayed or moved into the apartment.  Can she do that?  Help!

At the end of last summer my air conditioner quite working, it was starting to have cooler weather so i didnt bother reporting to my landlord because i had so many issues w/my air and then my heat I got tired of hasseling it.  I figured I would wait till spring and then put a work order in.  3 weeks we had some 70 degree days. I live in the upstairs apt so it gets 10 degrees hotter than outside.  The next day I went to the office to get a work order in for the a/c thats when the apt mgr informed me its not a/c time and they dont start fixing the a/c units till the temp reach’s 85 degrees i told her when its 85 outside my apt will be 95.  I am a ggod renter allways pay on time and i feel i shouldnt have to live in a sweatbox.  I feel that something should be able to be done about this.  How can they refuse to repair my airconditioner. This is Oklahoma 85 degrees and humid will be unbarable in my apt I know this I went thru it last year.  Is there anything i can do about this?

Frustrated tenant

I live in a large apartment complex.  Utilities were paid to a company in Florida.  Our complex was sold, so the new owners decided to collect utilites themselves.  They decided if you live in a two bedroom the cost for water and garbage was 50.00 per month.  Three bedrooms 100.00 per month.  My concern is I am a single tenant.  My neighbors have six people living in a two bedroom and they will pay 50.00 also.  We live in a college town, so some apartments have as many tenants as 7-8 .  This is not fair.  Also we have no idea how much the water bill is.  Water is only billed every other month.  What can I do.  Also the landlord gave me a three day notice to pay the water bill or move.  I plan to file a complaint. 

i rent two rooms in san diego county. my boys got caught smoking pot on just one day and my landlords that live in the house too caught them. they want to punish my kids, take away the computer, their cell phones, tv, xbox, ground them for 1 month, no friends for 6-12 months, drug test randomly. can they do this and also, can they evict me, i have no place to go and no money.