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    guillen_c08 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 25, 2007, 02:22 PM
    Unsanitary house should I pay rent
    I rent a room from my boyfreinds cousin. Since I've moved in I had to clean up all their mess and I'm sick of it last month the bathroom ceiling fell and I had to clean the unsanitary water that fell from upstairs toilet. I cannot go to the landlord because they never told them I was living there so I've been going my boyfreinds cousin he hasn't done anything about it I didn't pay rent this month and now he wants me out tomorrow I feel I shouldn't have to leave because I have done nothing wrong , can you help me should I pay rent or should I stick my ground
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    macksmom Posts: 1,787, Reputation: 152
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    Oct 25, 2007, 02:24 PM
    Bottomline... you are not on the lease agreement... the tenants can ask you to leave anytime they please, for any reason... you are just giving them a good one for not paying rent.
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    Oct 25, 2007, 02:28 PM
    You have no ground to stick to here. You are not on the lease, the landlord does not know you are there - you are there illegally. The landlord could evict you right now and your bf's cousin too, for having you there.

    As far as the unsanitary conditions - call the Health Department.
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