I am a landlord.  I have a house that has never had bed bugs.  I rented it 7 months ago to a group of three young people who have been  great so far.  They called me this week saying that they found a bed bug near their sofa.  They saved it and called and "expert" […]

Do I have grounds for breaking my 12 month lease early? I moved into an apartment on oct. 1 and ever since my daughter and I have been ill with mulitipule ear infections. She is now being referred to an EMT. I told the property manager that I sucpected mold in my bathroom grout. She […]

In Feb. my landlord raised my rent to $975.00 a month up from the orginal $850.  He had me sign a 5 month lease instead of a year.  Now he is raising it to $1,200.00 a month.  He is doing this without any warning and he knows I can’t offord to pay that.  So now […]

Ok I will do my best to tell this story in detail and keep it as clear as possible. About 2 weeks ago our house was in foreclosure. Since then we got communication left on our door that this was the case and we had 3 days to contact the new landlord or we could […]

 I have a dispute with my landlord who wants me out, and i have applied to housing trusts for tenancys with them but they want a reference from my current landlord even though i have explained the problems im having with him ie he is trying to use my home as a place to drink […]

I am moving out of my apartment and when reading the terms, am a little confused if the landlord has any right to hold me to the "60 day notice" if the year long lease has already expired and am now month to month. also i am in New York State. Here is the exact […]

new people bought the two family house i live in. i am on the second floor. their kids run and yell late into the night, at times i have heard them after one in the morning. they hve wood floors and a long hallway. the kids yell and run up and down the hall like […]

My landlord has not refunded my $1200 security deposit in NYC.  I moved out on July 1 and have repeatedly requested it.  Do I have any recourse or is there an agency that will help me?  Does he have a certain amount of time to withold my money? Do i need to go to court.   I […]

After explicitly informing us on the day of our move-out that our $2400 security deposit would be refunded in full, our landlord has (three weeks later) decided to withhold over $1000 for a series of charges that we view as bogus as best, and legally indefensible at worst. The charges are (from least expensive to most […]

Hello, I’m deeply, deeply concerned about my animals and their safety. I own four rabbits, all are caged and not let out without supervision and they’re usually in a puppy cage if they’re let out so they can’t sneak off. I’ve owned rabbits for eleven years now. I recently moved in with a relative(Great Aunt), […]