October 2006
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(Madison, WI) City Allows Tenants to Fix Apartments if Slumlords Don't Fix Them - Madison set some rules for tenants to fix their apartments if their landlords don't and then make their landlords pay for it. At least now the tenants don't have to wait forever if the landlord isn't getting the job done.
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(Chattanooga, TN) Landlord Gets Sued for Secret Cameras - What a slumlord! Really makes you wonder about those new lighting fixtures. Tenants - be on the lookout!
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(Milwaukee, WI) City Shames Landlord to Action - Maybe this is the approach to take. Imagine you hanging a banner from your apartment windows telling the world that your landlord is a slumlord and not to rent from him. Thoughts?
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(San Jose, CA) Classy Landlord is a Jerk to Disabled Man's Son - This landlord sounds like a real saint. Don't these landlords have any common decency???
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(Paterson, NJ) Landlord Sues Tenants Because He's in Debt - What about this doesn't seem right? Landlord gets city to make repairs in the late 90's. Landlord doesn't pay city. Landlord owes city 1.2M. Landlord tries to get money by suing tenants for missed rent payments - even those that always paid their rent!
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(Bethlehem, PA) Lehigh University Students Fight Bogus Landlord Charges - Students fight back against very questionable charges by communicating with each other using a Facebook.com group. That's the whole idea of Landlord Review - tenant communication makes the tenant community stronger and landlords weaker. Kudos to these students!!
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September 2006
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(New York, NY) Landlord Bricks Windows to Drive Out Tenants - Imagine having your windows bricked up. Well, some slumlord in NYC did it to try and drive out the last tenants so he could convert the building to luxury condos. What a great guy.
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(Boston, MA) Tenant Fight 35% Rent Hike - Even the "excessive" rent is really cheap for the Boston area, but don't mess with senior citizens!
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(New York, NY) Tenant Kills Landlord Over Trash in Hall - Apparently tenant and landlord disputes escalate to death more than I knew.
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(New York, NY) Landlord Killed by Tenant? - Not the recommended way to deal with a landlord.
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(Providence, RI) - Landlord Killed Tenant's PUPPY??? - Who does this kind of stuff? I hope that they have a special corner of hell for guys like this.
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(Seattle, WA) - Landlord To Evict Elderly Woman for Trimming Plants Near Window - How can things like this actually happen? Evicting a 78 year old for trimming a plant? I don't get it...
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(Miami, FL) - Bad Idea to Make A Point - Not sure whether starting the grill inside the apartment was well thought through.
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(Boston, MA) - Court Rules in Tenant's Favor Because of Landlord Neglect - The landlord didn't fix the property, so the tenants didn't pay. And when push came to shove, the courts ruled in favor of the tenants. Very good news indeed for tenants!
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(Memphis, TN) - Landlord Scum Collects Rent From House He Doesn't Own - This scumbag landlord collected rent from a single mom on a property he didn't even own. And he even made the news for it.
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(Columbus, OH) - Ohio State May Bring Class Action Lawsuit Against Deceptive Landlord - The landlord didn't play by the rules and hid utility costs, and it looks like he's going to pay for it. If your landlord is screwing you, do something about it!
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(Omaha, NE) - Landlord Sent to Jail - It's so simple - landlord doesn't fix the property, landlord goes to jail. Can we do this every time a landlord sucks?
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(Northern Iowa) - Tenant Actually Likes Landlord - We had to go to northern Iowa to find one, but here's a story about a good landlord. Simply amazing...
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(Jacksonville, FL) - Landlord 'Evicts' Family Kitten - The scumlord thought it was in his rights to take the family kitten and either get rid of the cat of kill it?!? You've gotta be kidding me. What kind of person can do this stuff?
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(Syracuse, NY) - City Cracks Down on Slumlords - Run slumlords, run! Gotta love that the article names the slumlords so everyone knows who they are.
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(San Fran, CA) - Big Landlord Gets Caught Trying to Force Out Rent Controlled Tenants - So happy that the tenants got together to fight this junk. These big landlords think that they have all of the control, but their illegal tactics just get them huge fines.
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