fileing a complaint

By Tenant

I filed a complaint agents the tenet to my landlord and she told him who filed it and now he’s harassing me is it legal for the landlord to release information on who filed a complaint

Edited on: Friday, July 23rd, 2010 2:59 pm

2 Responses to “fileing a complaint”

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Andy

July 25th, 2010 7:57 pm

Yes, it would most likely be illegal if your landlord is making a public record that you filed a complaint. This is what is referred to as retaliation. As a renter you are considered a consumer, the landlord is considered a business. As a consumer you have right to file a complaint about any business (in this case– against your landlord)

If your landlord is retaliating against you because you filed a complaint, that is wrong and can be considered landlord retaliation.

I’m trying to figure out why your landlord would make such a record public?? Won’t it make her look just as bad to show that a complaint was filed against her?

Have you talked to your case agent about this? I would!


RIZZO

November 27th, 2010 9:19 am

FIRST OFF WHEN YOU FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST YOUR LANDLORD IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISCLOSE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. WHEN FILING A COMPLAINT THE LANDLORD
IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP IT CONFIDENTIAL WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED. I WOULD DISCUSS THIS WITH YOUR CASE AGENT AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS. TO ME
I WOULD CONSIDER IT HARASSMENT!!!!


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