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Tenant Rights: Charged Double for Water

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Date: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 10:07 am
Category: General Topics

I just received my water bill for the last month and again charged for 1700 gallons. I live in a 1 bathroom apartment and live here maybe 2 weeks of every month.  When I look at the meter reading on my bill, it states my usage as 1000 gallons. I looked at last month’s bill, […]

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Landlord Troubles

Brian OK Renter
Date: Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 7:14 am
Category: General Topics, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

My name is Brian. Me and my room mate live in a 1 bedroom apartment. I have several mental defects ranging from Severe Bipolar Depression to ADHD and on top of that a small heart condition. My landlord has always harassed us by calling us drug addicts and accusing us of doing things we’ve never […]

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Apartment Complaints Video

Tenant
Date: Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 6:41 am
Category: General Topics, Videos Post

Not sure if you should file an Apartment Complaints with the Rental Protection Agency? This video shows you the options you have as a tenant when it comes to complaints.  You have rights as a tenant.  Filing a complaint without fear of retaliation is one of those rights. Video Transcript: So, you’ve got a rental problem […]

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Help with security deposit assistance

Ms. Pierski IL Renter
Date: Friday, November 16th, 2012 3:40 am
Category: General Topics

NOTICE:  The RPA DOES NOT provide welfare assistance.  To get help with rent or desposits you will need to contact your local housing authority and apply for Section 8. Hello, I want to rent an apartment. The landlord is asking for $1500 to move in. Is there any companies or loan companies that in Chicago,Il that […]

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Did My Landlord violated my legal rights ?

lizg NV former renter
Date: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 2:17 pm
Category: General Topics

my roommate complained that there was pet odor in my apartment. my landlord told me verbally that there was no smell and my lease says all i had to do is have the carpets professionally shampooed when i left. i requested by email that i could break my lease early because my roommate constantly harassed […]

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Apartment Electrical problems

Veronica CA Renter
Date: Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 2:01 am
Category: General Topics

The power supply on 2 of my TV’s have been blown out do to poor electrical maintainace in my duplex. Is the owner liable for repair costs to fix my TV’s? Isn’t the apartment electrical problems something the landlord should be responsible to maintain.  Can I get my landlord to pay for damages to my […]

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Unwanted Landlord Entry, Cleaning Services Demands

anonymous MD renter
Date: Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 1:58 pm
Category: Apartment Complaint, Frustrated Renter, General Topics, Landlord Problems, Legal Questions

When doing repairs in the fall, the landlord saw the apartment and said it was too filthy (mind you it is very very clean.  she saw it during the period where we were moving in.  We are very attentive tenants and clean throughout the week constantly.  We actually repaired a lot of damage the tenants […]

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Problem With Street Fights Between 2 Kids

anonymousgirl CA Renter
Date: Monday, October 29th, 2012 12:15 pm
Category: General Topics, Renter Q & A

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 […]

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Cancel Lease after lease renewal?

Renee' MO Renter
Date: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 10:39 pm
Category: General Topics

I am losing my job and found one out of state.  We were not going to be able to pay rent if I didn’t get a new job anyways.  We were made to sign a lease renewal to our lease in February, but it doesn’t actually go into effect until July 16th.  Is there any way […]

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a bedbug infestation in Jan 2010

anonymous MD renter
Date: Thursday, October 18th, 2012 9:18 pm
Category: General Topics

We moved in an apartment in Sterling, VA, ~9 mo ago. We reported a bedbug infestation in Jan 2010, even though we had bites since we first moved in Oct/09, but we had no idea about bedbugs, hence long time until we figured out and reported. We paid for the treatment, even though one of […]

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