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If I was a victim of identity theft can my landlord report lay payments on rent, share my info with other landlords or put my name on any list

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my husband and i recently moved our growing family from a w bedroom trailer to a r bedroom house. we gave our old landlord notice and moved before we needed to, right away actually so our old landlord got a months rent and nobody lived in the house. we also have been sending him people [...]

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Hello RPA, First and foremost, thank you for the service you provide to the working people. I currently reside in a one family home we have been renting for a little over a year, we were on a year lease, but it has since become a month-to-month due to the situation. Through a 3rd party, [...]

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My family and I rent a house from a private owner; she is a licensed Real Este agent also. We recently had a water pipe burst and had severe water damage. The fire department advised us we could not stay in the house and needed to find another place to stay until the house could [...]

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Hello, I recently discovered bed bugs in my apartment. I don’t know how long they have been around. I live in salt lake city and wanted to know who is responsible for paying to have them removed. The landlord or me? I can’t afford it and landlord seems to want me to take care of [...]

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I believe my landlord is going to try to evict me for a health hazard violation that is totally not true.  I believe they are saying I messed with a smoke dectactor when I did not. It is very close to my bathroom door, so when showers are taken the thing goes off.  So I [...]

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I was a tenant in the the building for 8 years prior to becoming the resident manager less than a year ago.In order to be the resident manager, the landlord required me to transfer to a different unit. And now the new landlord has decided to evict me. Am I entitled to 30/60 days notice [...]

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3 months ago i moved to a trailer park. the owner of my unit still hasnt given me a rental agreement even though ive repeatedly ask for one. i was told that many people moved in and out of this unit and wondered why. the park manager informed me that he has done this to [...]

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Well, I moved into the top floor apartment of a house in Sept. I learned about two weeks later that the downstairs apartment had become available, so I immediately contacted the landlord and moved in the following month. As the weeks went by, I began to notice numerous issues with the apartment and attempted to [...]

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    I have been living in this house for three years. When I got roaches, I took care of it. Now I have bed bugs and do not know where they came from. Is my landlord responsible for getting rid of them?

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