Saturday, December 20, 2008

Government crackdown on slumlords

Government of district of columbia has taken a lot of landlords to court seeking to collect rent and make repairs that landlords have failed to make.

A short while ago the district of columbia government sued many landlords who were said to have failed to keep rented apartments in decent repair.  The government wants an order allowing it to collect the rent and use it to pay for repairs.  Case is called something like District of Columbia v. Williams.  I think this is a great step and think it should be an example for other jurisdictions.  Bad landlords can cause many problems to many people and deserve to be called for what they are.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

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I found this place through vacation perfect places it is an apartment in Lima Peru.  The pictures are not reflective of the apartement.  It is old and dirty.  Not at all the penthouse they are depicting.  The building is in the worse part of Milaflores and the rent is twice or three times what you should play.

The landlord also took monies from my deposit for painting and cleaning and other normal wear and tear that should not have been taken out.  They also charge me for utilities and charge me for the cost of goign to pay the utilities.  It was a rip off.  DO NOT RENT THIS PLACE!!!
Believe me you will find a much nicer place for half the cost.  I learned the hard way.
The landlord was also abusive and charge me for things I never saw in the apartment.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Report a landlord

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Anna is a very inconsiderate landlord

Anna my landlord does not allow me to possess a rent book, when I have a right to one.  I am tenant who pays the rent on a weekly basis and have this right but my landlord just turns a deaf ear.  I always pay it in time, and she does not even have to come up to me. How can she be so inconsiderate?

My landlord Tim refuses to carry out repairs

In my contract, there was a point that my landlord Tim would carry out all the necessary repaired throughout the period of the contract. Since 3 weeks, the roof is leaking and when it rains, my home is a sorry sight. After I requested him several times to repair the problem, he kept delaying it by saying that he would do it soon. He has not done anything until now.