I have been having problems with my new landlord.  I have only lived in my new place for about 2 months and verbal promisses and commitments that the landlord made both before and after the lease was signed do not exist now.  My mistake was I did not get these verbal promises and commitments written […]

My boyfriend and I live in his parents second house, paying rent which is actually helping to pay for the remodel that is being done on the house. Once the renovations are complete he and I are moving out and finding somewhere else to live.  We are having way too many problems.  For 1, his […]

My friend, Bonnie, who just turned 65 moved to a 1st floor apartment a couple of months ago. Bonnie is on oxygen 24/7 and has some good days and some bad days.  She is able to drive on her good days. Bonnie said in her lease it stated that she was not able to have ANYTHING on her […]

My neighbor is harrassing me with noise complains. I live on the 1st. Floor my neighbor lives up stairs from me. Other neighbors dont seems to have a problem. The first time he was banging on my door it was 8: 30pm on a firday night the 2nd time was at 11am on a Saturday. […]

My landlord did as I said in my title then later that day came over with a notice letter that was full of lies about monies owed and conversations he said took place.  This was on a Saturday, then on Monday the man came with a detainer warrant.  Any advice would help.  I have an […]

I recently moved to Rhode Island. I was shown a place to rent (residential), and signed a 1- year lease. This was last week. After the lease was signed, I asked the owner if I could delay moving in (and starting of the rent) because of the movers, and Hurricane Sandy. I asked to delay […]

I’ve lived in the same 4-Plex apartment complex for approx. 12 years.  During this time, almost every other tenant has been a relative, or good friend to the landlord or his wife.  Guess you could say I’m an ‘outcast’…:) Currently, the other 3 apartments are rented by: 1)   2 Young men (approx. 20 yrs […]

My son(who’s 8) has had some street fights with other kids at the bus stop and came home the other day complaining that he’d been punched by another kid. my son went down to the bus stop the next morning and came back saying he’d been chased back. My husband then walked down to the bus […]

We have been renting our home for over 2 years now, and the roof started leaking last year. Now where the roof is leaking the walls are covered in black mold. the landlord has been told about this issue on more than 2 occassions. she told me to go buy the materials and fix it. she […]

Hello! First time poster here, so I hope you can bear with me. I am extremely frustrated with our landlord/apartment situation right now.  Our lease isn’t up until July, so I’m hoping there is something that we can do. Each month we pay rent, a "utility surcharge", and for a parking spot next to the […]