I live in an legal apartment.  I have an oral lease agreement with the owner but recently, I have not been very diligent in my payments.  I am a single mother with two children.  I lost one of my jobs recently so I’m only getting enough for our daily expenses and nothing left for the […]

I am an 84 year old single male living in a one bedroom apartment and my water sewer bill is $36.00 per month. My daughter owns a commerical building in the same town with 80-100 people per day using 3 toilets and 2 showers and her monthly bill is LESS. I have brought this to […]

I have a personal legal question, and hope you might be able to tell me if I am being scammed.   My apartment complex put a note on my door  the day before Thanksgiving, saying I have an outstanding balance on my account for pro rated rent from August 2009. (when I moved in)   […]

Hi,  I have signed a 2 year lease upon relocating to the united states – NY – about 6-7 months ago.  things did not go too well, and my wife and i were not able to find a job, mainly due to having to take care of a completely disabled son. We have signed a […]

I moved into Brookside Manor apartments about a year ago. I did not know that my lease was going to renew itself automaticaly without signing it. I assumed it went month to month. Here when the lease automaticaly renewed my rent increased to about 70 dollars more a month. I can not afford to live […]

During an eviction, the court will interfere in a tenant – landlord dispute.  Usually, a landlord will only file for an eviction if the tenant has already been served the 3 – day notice and has not made a payment still.  However, as the court proceedings continue the tenant will stay in the apartment and […]

I’m stuck with a friend who is living with me but did not sign the lease.  What happened was I was supposed to be living on my own but then a few months from the date that I moved in I realized that I couldn’t continue paying the rent.  So since I’m still locked into […]

MY landlords notified me 12/31/2010 that my rent would be raised, and are saying that on 01/01/2011 I would have to pay the increased rent.  According to the law I had to be notified within 30 days, and was not.  They are now saying they put a note on my door on 11/08/2010 notifying me […]

The security deposit is usually equivalent to a month’s worth of rent.  In some cases, it could be higher.  The tenant laws are available to make sure that we could get our security deposit back once we decide to move out.  But the use of the security deposit depends on each state.  For instance, in […]

We rented a house in July 2011.  In October 2011, I was told by the Management Company that the owner wants to short-sale the home.  We were pissed, because we felt that the owner should have never rented the property if they were unsure they were going to be able to handle the responsibility of […]