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Quinton441 · Apr 1, 2007, 02:48 PM

How do I seriously report a slumlord ??? This lady has lost her goddamn mind!!

We live in an apartment , that has 3 floors and we don't even have ANY , Maintenance at all whatsoever. No building plumber , no organized parking , no Janitor , no nothing . Every time there is a problem we have to pay for everything .

We even report it and , put it in writing , and still nothing ever happens . Shouldn't there be some sort of inspectors , for this kind of thing?? :mad: :mad:

shygrneyzs · Apr 1, 2007, 02:56 PM

There are city building inspectors - they are city employees and will go out and inspect a reported violation. That being said, does this landlord accept any Federal money for rents, as in housing assistance? You can report her to the local housing authority. You can report her to HUD. If you have pictures, include them in your complaint. Make your complaint very specific, with dates and conditions and her actions. If you can have other tenants support this, wonderful! Also check at your state level for an agency that oversees landlord and tenant relationships. Check to see if your state has a Fair Housing Council. They investigate tenant complaints and will file lawsuits if they find violations.

Letters to the Editor work too - but have to be able to prove what you say. And be mindful that a letter to the Editor can come back and she use that as a reason to try to evict you. But you can fight that.

Fr_Chuck · Apr 1, 2007, 03:42 PM

Ok, you did not say where you live, But there does not have to be any maintaince people assigned, but the landlord will be repsonbile to hiring someone. Except for those cities that have codes for parking, normally in many places parking may or may not be included in rental, depend on the term of your lease, often parking is merely street or public parking as available. And the building is not always required to have a janitor again dependon on terms of the lease.

You can sue the landlord for repairs

Quinton441 · Apr 1, 2007, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by shygrneyzs

There are city building inspectors - they are city employees and will go out and inspect a reported violation. That being said, does this landlord accept any Federal money for rents, as in housing assistance? You can report her to the local housing authority. You can report her to HUD. If you have pictures, include them in your complaint. Make your complaint very specific, with dates and conditions and her actions. If you can have other tenants support this, wonderful! Also check at your state level for an agency that oversees landlord and tenant relationships. Check to see if your state has a Fair Housing Council. They investigate tenant complaints and will file lawsuits if they find violations.

Letters to the Editor work too - but have to be able to prove what you say. And be mindful that a letter to the Editor can come back and she use that as a reason to try to evict you. But you can fight that.

This is definitely a HUD building . After speaking with other tenants , there are over 80 huge problems with this building . Almost all of them have been reported , no one at HUD wants to actually do there Job though .

Almost all of the walls have asbestos and mold on the inside of the apartment building . There is even FECES(manuer) and urine on the hallway walls . And This is how I know she is trying to cover all this up . The outside of our building looks like it has nothing wrong with it . She pays mexican immigrant workers every single week , to mow the lawn and sweep .

While the inside is filled with diseases.. . DISGUSTING!! This is not how I imagined a California Lifestyle.!

shygrneyzs · Apr 1, 2007, 04:54 PM

Gross! Take videos if you have to, make sure you keep the original and get busy. If someone at HUD is not doing their job, then go over their head.

Contact someone at your local news about this. An expose would work. I remember some years back 60 Minutes was approached with something similar and they ran it.

Just do not take no for the answer. With a state like California, aren't there some organizations that work on issues like this?

Matt3046 · Apr 1, 2007, 05:04 PM

I know that at the moment it may not be possible, but set up a game plan and work towards getting out of there. You do not want to spend any more of your life in a place like that. Now my advice, anything that you pay for subtract from the rent and send bill in with the rent. Other than that try contacting, you city council man, and /or anyone else you can get in touch with many bureaucrats do not care but allot do and will help you. Just keep trying and always be polite, call everyone and send e-mails, and go in person (to the city hall).