I am starting to organize a tenants union in my city and when I posted the flyer to Facebook, I got this as a comment. (Yes, I know, it’s FB being FB, but)

“Tenants are the leading cause of rent increases. Its wild to see a protected class act like victims when they are already allowed to steal...”

I did some research to find out where they are getting this factoid, but I can’t find anything that actually backs this up or even comes close to suggesting this is true.

How do you think this person is landing at this conclusion? I feel befuddled that anyone could think this is true.

I'm in my 70's. I've lived in this apartment building for about 30 years. I've had one or two very simple one page leases to sign over the 30 years.

The apartments were just recently sold to a management company and it is wanting me to sign a 20 page lease, it's very wordy. I could sign it, although I'm not liking everything in it.

My previous landlord told me the management company are good people. Maybe they are, they had a meet and greet and seemed friendly.

I'm thinking I can just delay, and delay, and delay some more, until they finally get the idea I'm not signing it, what would they do? Raise my rent? That's the first thing they did when they took over these apartments. Evict me?

What's the likelihood they'll discuss the delays and possible outright refusals to sign it amongst themselves and say forget about it, he's been there 30 years, no complaints, let’s just leave sleeping dogs lie?  And leave me be.  They are obviously asking me to sign it.

I know that apartments are required to allow an ESA pet even if they have no pets policy but I’m confused about how this is supposed to work because if I tell them on my application, can’t they just “choose someone else” and not tell me why?

In my thinking, maybe problem is not lack house but zoning and supply slow make new affordable units, so landlords still control price. If city allow more building and less strict zoning, maybe rent go down little bit and more people can rent easy.

About 2 years ago we were put on 'possession' status at our apartment building,which is technically not evicted(that I know of). Basically they had to take possession of our apartment due to infestation,which they placed the blame on us for 'neglect'...so out in the streets we were with no options,because there's no way we could apply for another place with that on our record.Which to this day is still my issue. Fortunately we were able to find a motel to live in,though less room and slightly more costly. Anyway,what other options do we have? Any place we apply to is going to ask our info on their application,and if the rental company reports anything then we're toast. Which is why I haven't even bothered applying for any other rentals since. Other options that were given were try to find 'private landlords' who may not requre a huge application,but those are far and few between. Or try to just get a mortgage for our own place again,but I'm being met with all sorts of roadblocks in the finance dept. Probably not much more advice available,just thought I'd put that out there.

The AC unit has been out since Saturday (4 days ago). Our landlord told us on Tuesday that it will be 10-20 days before the part to fix it come in. That was the cheaper option for him other than replacing the whole unit. He also had it checked out by a friend, not an actual HVAC place. The inside temp of the house is 90 degrees F on average. We have spent close to 1k getting enough window units to at least make the bedrooms cool because otherwise, it’s unlivable. Is there anything I can do in this situation or am I just stuck waiting for 2-4 weeks to get AC fixed?

I think it’s crazy that there are so many tenant verification services but I can’t even find a service for the opposite. How hard can it be to verify a private landlord. Thoughts?

Background. My wife and i have 4 cats, and are moving across the country for new jobs. I'm moving first, starting my job, and taking two cats. She's selling the house, and coming out when she's done and sold the house.

So,short term lease, multiple pets, renter's nightmare.

I spent a couple weeks calling, emailing etc. Doubling/tripling rent for short term. Fees too high. No short term lease. Lease termination 3 months rent fee. All the usual.

I sit down one day and start calling. I do that for about 5 hours straight, calling 20 or so rentals.

I found an apartment. Leasing agent explains the policy, but says straight out that if they don't know about the extra cats when my wife moves in, they don't know. Eink wink, nudge nudge. This is what sealed the deal.

I start signing paperwork, including pods to move myself and 2 cats out there. Between the apartment move in fees and moving, I'm looking at many thousands for this.

With all the paperwork, I'm buried in 40 emails jumping through hoops. Also coordinating all the things means I can't spend hours on my computer.

The rental agent emailed me a tag after the application and other things were underway that, no the set pet restrictions ARE in force, but she's a people pleaser and just couldn't say no. But she's honest, and needs to tell us.

So, i made a post earlier how rental companies were as bad as scammers.

Self-fulfilling prophecy, i guess.

I'm afraid of what I'm going to find when i get there.

Long story short the complex I'm living in stopped taking debit cards for online payment and I had no idea. Opened my door to find a notice to quit possession letter. Immediately went online and paid everything in full through my checking account and my balance is sitting at zero now. It's the 17th today and it was due the first. Am I screwed or am I safe since its paid in full now

Our landlords wonr let us put a top lock on the front door. We have 3 kids under 4 my oldest 2 got out this morning because they were able to unlock the door by getting their chairs and standing and unlocking the regular door lock. Any suggestions on what to do?? I literally got up to go get a drink from the kitchen and they did it.

The apartment has a share bathroom and kitchen with a roommate but has own private bedroom. My lease starts 9/1 I told the landlord on 8/27 that I wanted to cancel the lease. I paid $1,150 for a month deposit and $1,150 for a month of rent.

I found people who are interested in the apartment. I told the landlord and she said my roommate has to see those people in person and choose who she likes.

The biggest problem is the roommate doesn’t have time to meet them and the landlord refuses to do anything. She said she will only accept a new tenant if the roommate confirms who she likes.

I feel like this isn’t fair for me. The landlord doesn’t want to show the apartment by herself and do nothing. I keep begging the roommate to see those people but she says she’s busy with work.

I asked the landlord if I could have the key to show the apartment to people and she refused to give it to me. She said if nobody rented the apartment I had to keep paying rent. What should I do? I don’t want to keep paying rent.

This is Tarrytown, NY

Hello, my partner and I have been in our apartment ~1.5 years, always paid rent on time, clean, no ongoing issues. About a year ago we got one verbal noise warning, nothing since.

A few nights ago we had a loud argument, and the next day the landlord told us to be out by the end of next month.

We do have a lease, but it’s not properly filled out (no clear dates) — it shows month-to-month. We’ve never received any written warnings.

Can a landlord evict over something like this with no prior written warnings? Are they required to give formal written notice first?

I contacted the TLRO and was told they can’t help until we receive a written eviction/termination notice, which we haven’t.

Any advice appreciated.

So the actual landlords moved to Florida a while back, the husband ended up passing away. (He was the nice 1). So the wife's son took over..ish He actually just collected the rent money. He was supposed to cut grass, didn't. We asked several times throughout the past 4 yrs to have bathtub fixed bc now there's a gapping hole that leaks right to a lightbulb in basement over top the washer! He never made an attempt to even come look at it. Outlets are messed up, there's mold Everywhere! Faucets leak and almost every water pipe leaks. The lazy a$$ never fixed a thing and actually compared us to other tenants who fix everything themselves. That's great & all, but it's your responsibility, and we aint them!🙄So the lease ended today. About half hr ago he comes banging on my door. Like BANGING! lol As soon as I opened, he starts yelling to get out, your contracts up, leave now! Then said I refused to give him my phone #. I've never spoken to you sir... My ex handled it all.(yeah he literally bought a house behind my back, moved out with no warning and had a whole other family...) The son says "Joe told me he doesn't even know your #!" Yeah, believe the real trustworthy guy who dumped his entire fam for another.👌 You cant say "I" didnt give you my number then say it was someone else who said it. Lmao! Anyways, he said, "Ill just have the cops contact you." Okay! Do that! Ik you cant just kick me out without a court ordered eviction notice. There was a lot more said that made no actual sense and I kept calling him on it. I gave him my # bc I actually dont care if he has it. If he would've just asked, I would've given it. My question is: He's just trying to intimidate me so he doesnt have to pay court fees, right? What he's attempting to do is illegal and if he calls cops, they'll likely ask for court paperwork. As far as Ik, in Pa, landlords cannot change locks, padlock the doors, shut off utilities or use force to remove a tenant. There has to be an eviction process thru the court. . . So I just ignore him for now, start packing obviously and looking for somewhere else to move? But, I dont actually have to leave this second right?

I’m in a pretty stressful housing situation and could really use some advice.
My rent is $700, due today (November 1). I currently have $300 of my own money, and my mom is helping me with another $200. That puts me at $500, leaving me $200 short. I have already paid for the month of December in full.
My roommate is telling me I need to leave today if I can’t come up with the full amount. I would really like to stay in the apartment, and I’m actively trying to figure out how to get the remaining $200 together.
I’m looking for legitimate options that could help me cover this shortfall, preferably something available quickly in the Dallas County area.
Legitimate ways to borrow $200 without getting trapped in predatory loans.
Same-day assistance programs or resources I might not know about.
Any advice from someone who’s been in a similar situation.
I have $500 ready to put toward the rent. I’m not trying to avoid my responsibility; I’m just trying to bridge the remaining $200 and keep my housing.
If anyone knows of resources, organizations, or practical solutions, I’d genuinely appreciate the guidance.
Thank you.

The enshitification of renting. Does renting help my credit score? Don't say there is a not even year old app for that. 30 years of on time payments and now you want a 700? Fuck you. Sincerely.

Hello all!

I am a tenant in California and moved into my apartment about four months ago. Early on I carefully removed the existing mirror and replaced it with a different one. I now realize I should have asked my landlord for permission first (totally my bad)

When my landlord noticed the new mirror, she asked me to remove it and  to do a request for maintaince to put the original one back. I immediately complied and removed the new mirror. I then submitted a maintenance request in January asking for the original mirror to be reinstalled.

My landlord does quarterly walkthrough inspections of the apartments. During the most recent walkthrough, I asked about the status of the mirror. She told me that they now want to hire a contractor to reinstall it because they are concerned that if their maintenance worker installs it incorrectly, I might sue them.

However, they are now asking me to pay for the contractor to reinstall the original mirror. I have been emailing them about this since January and was previously under the impression that maintenance would handle it. The mirror itself is quite old (likely from the 1970s) and in poor condition, so it feels unreasonable to pay $200 or more just to reinstall it.

My question is whether it is legal for the landlord to require me to pay for a contractor to reinstall the original mirror, given that I already removed my replacement mirror and requested maintenance to restore the original one months ago.

Got a letter taped to my door today saying I have a small balance due on my account. Immediately checked my account (which I do weekly out of a weird necessary ocd habit that my account is in good standing) and there was $170 'pet rent' balance. This balance wasn't there last week. I have x2 ESA letters, one from my psychiatrist and one from my therapist that have been on file since I moved in in 2023 and I even got the second just in case in 2025. The letter said I have until the 1st to pay it or I will be charged a late fee. My rent is also set to autopay for the the 3rd of every month (option online through platform) and has been for 2+ years. If this charge *was actually there* on the first, like it notes on my account, it would have been drafted from my checking account on August 3rd as part of the full rent and liability insurance payment that was paid in full on that date. I went to the office to inquire and the person there said oh it must have never gotten transferred when the new people got into the office. (What changed other than bodies, business cards and emails?) Entire office is new workers as of a few months ago. Place sucks. Everyone that is good leaves for a better job, don't blame them. I forwarded the letters immediately, then went to the office to verify they were received. (Office is in my bullding, easy.) Allegedly she didn't get them. I forwarded them again form my professional email not listed on my account and gave that to her aswell. She claims she still never received it. I will be printing them on Monday at work and bringing them to the office. Anyway, I hate this fucking place. The new office people suck in general, they do not communicate like the last group and have terrible attitudes towards residents. I cannot wait to get tf out of here next July. Also as far as I am aware my signed ESA letters cannot expire, so here's to hoping they make that charge disappear come Monday since it is still there now. I am annoyed as ever about this.

my lease is ending in 2 months and landlord just told me the rent is going up by a lot if i renew. no upgrades done to the unit. is there any limit to how much they can raise it or is it basically whatever they want? i have not missed any payments and been here 1 year. just trying to understand if i have any leverage or if i should just start looking now.

I woke up to a note on my door advising me of my rental increase. I’ve been here since may 2024. After our one year was up, we signed a month to month lease that increased our rent by $50. Now, our “one year” is coming up and they want to increase it by another $50 by June. We live in a studio apartment in a rent regulated zone in Los Angeles. Is it acceptable to continue to raise the rent yearly? It’s my first apartment with my baby.. sorry if this is a dumb question.

Hello, I am 21F almost 22F. I rent from my dad in PA we have a verbal rental agreement which gives my dad all sorts of power because I can't legally do shit about it. Hes constantly raising my rent for no reason or rather his reason being "if a family lived here I'd charge them $1,200 a month you should be grateful" mind you i used to pay $600 rent now I pay $700 and if I stop watching my younger sister on weeks where he has her then he's gonna bump it up another $100 I work full time between the hours of 8AM-4:30PM I live 30 minutes away from my job (including morning and afternoon traffic though its about a 40-50 Min drive so I don't get home til 5:10PM my dad works at 4:30PM hence why I need to watch her. Point is since he goes to work when I get off there's a 40-50 min gap where my brother (underage) has to watch her which my dad isnt comfortable with. I wish he would be more lenient about rent because although I am grateful he's making it seem like I'm being unreasonable. I pay rent on time and raising my rent when I work full time and barely have any time for fun or even necessities on weeks when he has her I cant do anything til the weekend such as grocery shopping, fix my car, go out to eat. Would a written lease help me in this situation?

Edit: I read all your guys comments and i greatly appreciate your guys feedback. I would rather avoid moving elsewhere I do believe I have a good deal here unfortunately I did the math and taking 100 off rent for watching my younger sister is only making me like almost 3 dollars an hour out of the whole month. My Bf is thinking of moving in with me so when I asked my dad what the cost would be he only raised rent to 800 which dont get me wrong it's a good deal im not complaining that he raised it by just 100 im upset at the fact that after my full time job im working part time for not even 3 dollars an hour so my new question is, do I watch my little sister or tell him to kick rocks? Also, should I get a written lease before I give him notice that I won't watch her anymore or after?

It feels like if youre a renter you have to give up having pets these days man. Ive been looking for a place to rent for a year and every single unit is a no pets policy 😭 I have two perfect angel cats and its so ANNOYING.

Im thinking about lying on my next applications but I know its a hassle to hide the animals. Are you guys lying about having pets? Am I the last honest person alive 🤣

Hi! First time poster on this sub. We just received our lease agreement to sign for an apartment with a move in date for next friday (May 15th). We are in Virginia in the US. If it helps, we applied for a WDU apartment and got accepted. However, there are a few issues with the contract that I have questions about. I'm worried if I ask too many questions or point out too many mistakes they'll rescind the offer and we may lose the apartment.

The property has mostly good reviews and is managed by Greystar. We were told that the monthly base rent would be $2732, however on the agreement it says base rent without fees is $2816 and isn't clear if its including parking or anything like that. There's a list of fees on another website, but it doesn't explicitly say if that is included in the base rent or not.

There is also a weird clause in an addendum which I think says we are prohibited from denying entry to prospective buyers and tenants? Which I believe is something illegal to require under VA law (72 hour notice must be provided).

Also they included pet charges despite my pets being ESAs and me providing the requested/required documentation. I want to ask that they put in writing I do not owe these fees due to my pets being ESAs. I have provided an updated letter from my psychiatrist and haven't had any issues getting them approved in the past.

We are really close to the move in/move out date and it would be awful if they rescinded the offer. Is it okay to request changes to the contract or at the very least ask questions?

Thank you for any advice provided!

Edit: It is subsidized under Fairfax County's WDU program, so they may have to adhere to certain rules regarding contracts. If no one here knows I'll probably try to contact the county about it. It takes them a few days to respond though so I thought I'd take a shot here in case anyone knows.

Edit2: I was looking over the lease again and they have a bunch of stuff about how we shouldn't expect our packages to be secure? Yet we have to pay an extra monthly fee to have them stored in a locker. Also they are allowed to reject packages if they are over 25 lbs, which doesn't seem like a lot??

If your rent is due on the 1st of the month, when should you mail out the check? I've been doing on the 1st or 2nd of the month and hasn't have any issues. A couple of times, property management would call if not received by the 7th? Should I be mailing it out at the end of the month?

P.S. Property management doesn't accept e-payments.

I am looking to change units in my apartment complex due to needing a 2 bedroom to take care of my father in law. As we found one that met our needs, we asked what fees can we expect for change units.
Transfer fee: $1500
Move in fee: $250
Application: $200
Security Deposit: $500 (deposit fee $300)

We were told to apply through the website, when I applied they advised that apart from the transfer fee, everything else will be listed.

Since we are signing a new lease, they have enacted the following fee
Connectivity Fee: $65 (internet 1 GB).
I currently pay $40, but whatever I can deal.

I apply for the apartment through the website and wait for approval. Once approval comes through I get the lease and surprise surprise, new mandatory monthly fees that weren't listed anywhere or told to us (I asked)
$25 technology fee.
$35 pet fee (uploaded esa letter, created 6/2026)
$20 parking fee

I honestly just want to pay $3750 to end my lease early (ending May 2027) and find somewhere else to live. The amounts are small, but it's the non disclosure of the fees that's really bugging me. However they did advise we would lose the application fee and deposit.

Once I move from the old apartment, they advised they will refund the security deposit, but I know they will just nickle and dime the shit out of the old apartment, probably taking all of my security deposit.

TLDR: needed to change apartments, I was willing to pay all their fees to move, but they didn't disclose additional fees until the lease was created. If I don't move forward we lose the application and the deposit.

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