we have had no lease in our apt for 9 years, The last raise was a $100  about 3 years ago. Without a lease is a landlord allowed to just raise a rent to whatever they want? What rights do we have if any?

my apartment complex was infested with bed bugs. The building was treated. I had to throw away my furniture due to having a new born baby, and the lingering smell that the chemical left on the furniture. I talked to resident manager about replacing my furniture and was told that was my responsibility. He said they […]

My lease expired on 1/31/12 & converted to a month to month agreement with the same terms of the lease. I was contacted a week ago requesting that I sign a new lease. I received the new lease today, it has a start date of 6/1/13 and contains a $150 per month rental increase. Can […]

Hi,Here’s my situation: I signed a lease for six month period and never received a full copy of the lease. They just handed me the first two pages of the lease. So I was unsure of the amount I needed to pay, so instead of the first of january i paid rent on the second […]

my landlord is so.rude and unprofessional. although he has accomodated for me.by letting me pay my rent on the 15th instead of the 1st .went to pay my rent he started yelling and.cussing at me. he belittles me all the times. critiscizes the way we live each time he comes over. what can i do? 

Our landlord lives out of state. We gave notice that we will be moving out at the end of our lease. They expect us to show the house to prospective tenants. They do not have a real estate agent. This just seems to wrong to me. What if I say something negative? It could come […]

I moved into an apartment a year ago. when I moved in my wife found a couple of tick looking bugs in bedroom, she killed them and threw away. two months later we purchased some couches at a garage sale and have come to find out we now have bedbugs. we have tried all kinds […]

Hi:  I live in Cambridge, MA. The board of trustees of my building decided to start maintenance works to the building’s facade. Works start at 7:30 am, they are extremely noisy right outside our unit, they finished at 4:30 pm. Nopise is constant. I have to work at home and it is just impossible. According […]

Hello all, I have a couple of questions if I may. We are renting a house in Florida, we’re scheduled to move in May 18th. We made the mistake of signing the lease before doing an official walkthrough with the lanlord. We were told to just do it on our own and then submit the […]

I moved into a rental home on 11/4/2011 the home had a smell of pet urine I immediately told the landlord and he said he woulod clean the carpet but the previous tenant did not have a dog and the carpet was new. The landlord came to clean the carpet(11/5 or 11/6)  and I showed him […]