I have been with my apartment complex in Albuquerque, NM since May. We signed an 8 month lease and it ends as of January 31st. However, I do not want to stay that long. I don’t feel secure in staying for a few more months. Several times we have placed work orders for maintenance to […]

Hello everyone, so my family and I just moved into a house 2-3 weeks ago. We signed the contract before doing a walk-through (biggest mistake ever…we were moving from out of state and desperate for a place). The day we moved in, the house was horribly dirty…roach feces everywhere with 2 dead roaches in the […]

Our Landlord did not renew our lease when it ran out back in April 2014 and we have been renting month to month adhering to the old lease agreement.  He suddenly turned up on our doorstop one evening at 8:30pm and asked us to sign a new lease which we said we would consider when […]

I am in a rental agreement that allows me to send my rent at the latest postmarked by the fifth of every month.  The owner recently hired property management who are threatening late fees if the check is postmarked anytime after the first.  Can they do this if I have a rental agreement stating otherwise? 

I live in the first-floor apartment of a two-family house in a city in CT with my boyfriend.  The lease is solely in my name.  The owner lives on-site in the upstairs apartment.  When I signed the lease, I had just started a new job in the city.  Prior to my signing of the lease, […]

I have an inconsiderate neighbor who has one of those loud aftermarket mufflers that try to make a small car sound like a race car. I get woke up every morning between 5 AM and 5:45 AM, I have complaind to my property manager and she insists it is a police matter. I explained the laws about […]

I recently moved out of a less than livable apartment and my landlord is now trying to keep half of my deposit for "damages" and cleaning. The apartment was filthy when I moved in from construction dust and workers. My parents and I spent two days cleaning. I own two dogs that I paid a […]

I live in Dayton, OH in a fairly large apartment community corporately managed by a company that owns and manages 116 apartment communities across ten states.   My central air has been non functioning since July of last year.     Corporate is now ‘offering’ to move me to a different apartment within the same […]

I am aware of the Philadelphia Lead Paint Regulation  [named Lead Disclosure and Certification act] states that a Landlord can NOT evict a tenant, if they are not in compliance with the regulation [IE Providing the Tenant with children 6 and under, with a "Lead Safe" or "Lead Free" certificate.  LANDLORD CAN NOT CHARGE RENT […]