mustangbetty
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Thank you for reading and any advice will be appreciated. This is long, I am sorry but I don't want to leave anything out.
We've lived in a small community apartment complex for 3 years now. There is mostly older or elderly residents.
At the beginning, it was great.
A new company purchased the property. The landlord was nice at first but we noticed that everything my family and certain younger families did, we got notes for.
1. There was nothing about bikes in the lease. My kids rode on property, I got a note. No more bikes. "it's a lease violation" she claims. So I put the bikes in storage unit. I complied.
2. I thought skates would be okay, Nope. I get a note, "NO rolling anything on property, it violates the lease". I look through the lease, nothing stated forbidding bikes or skates. I ask her to point it out to me. She refuses and that afternoon, we get a new "house rule" stating that residents can not have bikes, skates, scooters or even motorcycles. (my neighbor drives a motorcycle and he doesn't get a note) I comply and kids have to put skates up.
3. We continue to get notes for everything we do. She continuously adds new "house rules" during our lease times. But her notices are selective. They are only to those of us with children. There is in black and white, a lease rule that states, "all pets shall be on a leash at all times while outdoors. They can not run free." but since we've lived here, there is an old lady that lets her dashhound (who has tried to nip us on the sidewalk) run in the grass and around her porch area. It goes where it wants. A neighbor became upset when the dog nipped her nephew and asked the landlord why the dog was loose when it was "a violation of the lease". The landlord told her she had no right questioning her managerial practice. This lady never gets a "violation of lease" letter for having an unleashed dog.
4. After more times of the landlord clearly discriminating us, I asked her for the owner's contact info. She refused to give it to me. I looked online and read that I had a right to it and went back with the request in writing, she made me tell her why I wanted it. She refused again and as I walked out, I told her I knew that by law she had to give me the requested info. About 10 minutes later she came to my door and said the only reason she was giving me the info was because the owners said it was okay. They were VERY rude to me. My neighbor with the nephew called and they refused to talk to her. She wrote a letter explaining that there is differencial treatment, they write back saying it's hearsay and even the loose dog is a fabrication of lies on our part.
5. We tried to leave last year. When she was contacted by the rental owner, she said we were troublemakers and least violaters. We weren't approved for the new rental. Wonder why.
6. Just this past week I get a letter saying that we will not be allowed to renew in May and we have to vacate April 1st. I called to ask what we did wrong and she said she didn't have to tell me. Well we have put in two applications for duplexes and they have contacted her and she has told both of them that we are troublemakers, lease violators, liars and late on rent. We have NEVER been late with our rent. I asked that she prove that to them with copies of letters she would have given us stating we were late. Of course there are none. I am furious. She's telling a lie. I know we need to leave regardless, but HOW when she is making it hard for us to rent anywhere? The only trouble we've caused is when I question her when we are treated unfairly and when I know that what she's doing is unlawful. I am sorry for ranting this long, but I need advice. We can't afford to buy a home just yet and don't have the time anyway. But we can't live on the streets and it makes me so mad that she is getting away with breaking laws. (she told my grandma there was no unit available when she wanted to move by me) I know for a fact there were 2 available. That is against the law and she knows it yet we are the troublemakers. How can I report her? Help, please. Any advice is helpful.
We've lived in a small community apartment complex for 3 years now. There is mostly older or elderly residents.
At the beginning, it was great.
A new company purchased the property. The landlord was nice at first but we noticed that everything my family and certain younger families did, we got notes for.
1. There was nothing about bikes in the lease. My kids rode on property, I got a note. No more bikes. "it's a lease violation" she claims. So I put the bikes in storage unit. I complied.
2. I thought skates would be okay, Nope. I get a note, "NO rolling anything on property, it violates the lease". I look through the lease, nothing stated forbidding bikes or skates. I ask her to point it out to me. She refuses and that afternoon, we get a new "house rule" stating that residents can not have bikes, skates, scooters or even motorcycles. (my neighbor drives a motorcycle and he doesn't get a note) I comply and kids have to put skates up.
3. We continue to get notes for everything we do. She continuously adds new "house rules" during our lease times. But her notices are selective. They are only to those of us with children. There is in black and white, a lease rule that states, "all pets shall be on a leash at all times while outdoors. They can not run free." but since we've lived here, there is an old lady that lets her dashhound (who has tried to nip us on the sidewalk) run in the grass and around her porch area. It goes where it wants. A neighbor became upset when the dog nipped her nephew and asked the landlord why the dog was loose when it was "a violation of the lease". The landlord told her she had no right questioning her managerial practice. This lady never gets a "violation of lease" letter for having an unleashed dog.
4. After more times of the landlord clearly discriminating us, I asked her for the owner's contact info. She refused to give it to me. I looked online and read that I had a right to it and went back with the request in writing, she made me tell her why I wanted it. She refused again and as I walked out, I told her I knew that by law she had to give me the requested info. About 10 minutes later she came to my door and said the only reason she was giving me the info was because the owners said it was okay. They were VERY rude to me. My neighbor with the nephew called and they refused to talk to her. She wrote a letter explaining that there is differencial treatment, they write back saying it's hearsay and even the loose dog is a fabrication of lies on our part.
5. We tried to leave last year. When she was contacted by the rental owner, she said we were troublemakers and least violaters. We weren't approved for the new rental. Wonder why.
6. Just this past week I get a letter saying that we will not be allowed to renew in May and we have to vacate April 1st. I called to ask what we did wrong and she said she didn't have to tell me. Well we have put in two applications for duplexes and they have contacted her and she has told both of them that we are troublemakers, lease violators, liars and late on rent. We have NEVER been late with our rent. I asked that she prove that to them with copies of letters she would have given us stating we were late. Of course there are none. I am furious. She's telling a lie. I know we need to leave regardless, but HOW when she is making it hard for us to rent anywhere? The only trouble we've caused is when I question her when we are treated unfairly and when I know that what she's doing is unlawful. I am sorry for ranting this long, but I need advice. We can't afford to buy a home just yet and don't have the time anyway. But we can't live on the streets and it makes me so mad that she is getting away with breaking laws. (she told my grandma there was no unit available when she wanted to move by me) I know for a fact there were 2 available. That is against the law and she knows it yet we are the troublemakers. How can I report her? Help, please. Any advice is helpful.
