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Landlord broke lease agreement

Lisa K | Friday, February 22nd, 2013 1:39 pm

Our landlord has broken our lease agreement by evicting us so that she could move back into the property. Wondering what legal recourse we have available?

Unreturned Security Deposit

anonymous | Friday, February 22nd, 2013 12:17 pm

I lived in a property for 2 years 6 months and my husband’s job relocating us to another state so we were forced to move.  We gave the landlord thirty days notice in writing as well as verbally.  The property manager came to the property two weeks before we moved to do a brief walk through and […]

Being falsely accused and being asked to pay lot of money for bed bugs

Ajay Mittal | Friday, February 22nd, 2013 4:02 am

I need advise. How valid is this one sided Bed Bug addendum in the lease agreement which states that renter has responsibility to inform landlord if bugs detected, not treat themselves, accept treatment specified by landlord and pay all charges? This is an unfair one sided agreement. They had to do 4-5 treatments and my […]

EVICTION OF A ROOMMATE

Kim | Thursday, February 21st, 2013 10:09 pm

I have a roommate who is on the lease with my girlfriend and I.  She has been there for over a year and a half.  Since August she has not held up on her end of our lease that she would pay for the internet and cable bills and we pay all other utilities.  This […]

Can my landlord do this?

LANA LYNN | Thursday, February 21st, 2013 4:51 pm

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 […]

did Landlord unlawfully enter home?

Joey | Thursday, February 21st, 2013 4:25 pm

in a nutshell, my landlord emailed me saying he was coming to check out the house.  This was fine, however i was leaving for vacation the day he wanted to come.  I immediatly emailed back, saying i was leaving that day, and asked if he could come in the AM.  He never replied, so i […]

Landlord wont give me the key to the mailbox

4Geist | Thursday, February 21st, 2013 3:54 am

I signed a lease with the landlord that stated I wont get a mailbox key(big mistake). The lease expired 2 years ago and I’m still renting from him. I’m in a tough financial situation that’s putting things on hold as far as moving goes. My question is, now that the lease expire, what legal rights […]

Slumlord

Tenant | Thursday, February 21st, 2013 1:21 am

I have been living in my apartment for about 3 years now. My landlord is elderly and she only comes around to ‘clean’ up the apartment from the 1st to the 5th so that she can collect rent as well. The apartment complex is quite small, 5 apartments in all, but the maintaince is never […]

What are the privileges and limitations of Section 8 tenants?

Tenant | Thursday, February 21st, 2013 1:06 am

Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937 allows for the payment of rental housing by the government in behalf of the estimated 3.1 million low income families.  It is an umbrella of several government services that aim to assist low income families and prevent them from living on the streets.  One of the most […]

Can I be required to get renter’s insurance?

Tenant | Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 11:42 pm

These days, more and more landlords are requiring their tenants to get renter’s insurance. This shift in the renting process is molding the way landlords and tenants interact prior to establishing tenancy. However, tenant applicants are not the only ones affected the renter’s insurance requirement, existing tenants may also be asked to get the insurance […]