#tenant law

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[onebizarrekai]

basement gang activity…

[sarah-yyy]

the worst part of this job is client interaction because i can really be out here asking y/n questions and my client will literally tell me every single thing EXCEPT the answer to my question

[orcelito]

Several months late, the landlord finally picked up the dehumidifier from my kitchen

Would've been nice had I been told they were coming though 💀 so I could've cleaned up the grocery bags on the floor that I hadn't put away yet 💀💀💀💀💀

[bigassbowlingballhead]

i shouldn't have to see political signs outside my place of residence that raise my blood pressure.

[untitledesquire]

I’m a Tenant Defense Attorney, and wanted to share some tips that I think are the most important things for tenants to know/do regardless of jurisdiction (insert generic “this is not legal advice” disclaimer here):

Important disclaimer, I practice is Massachusetts and our laws may differ from your. I am going to give general advice applicable to most situations, but please defer to subject matter experts in your own state.

1) Communicate with your landlord exclusively in writing. In a lawsuit you will need to demonstrate your attempts to give notice of bad conditions and issues to them, and it’s very easy for them to lie if there’s no written record.

2) If you have a verbal conversation with a landlord either write a contemporaneous dated note or send them an email summarizing your conversation.

3) Take photographs of all bad conditions, with the date stamped on it, and preferable take multiples over whatever period of time they exist (take one dated photo every week for example). You will want as much evidence of timeline as possible.

4) Don’t trust your landlord when they say they are trying to fix something. Even if they aren’t intentionally lying, their interests are generally very different than yours. Stay on their necks for as long as the issue exists.

5) Call your local board of Health or Code Enforcement office if your landlord fails to make repairs. Their reports are excellent evidence.

6) If you are a low income individual call your local legal aid organization. Every state has a LSC funded organization, and you can search them at https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/what-legal-aid/i-need-legal-help?address=

7) Don’t be afraid to ask for help or organize with other tenants. You are strongest together and no one deserves to lose their home.

8) Even if you like your landlord, don’t trust them to have your best interest at heart. I know it sounds cynical, but your survival/housing is a business to them and they will evict you if given the chance to make more money off of another tenant. Contact a lawyer or any organizations that can advise you, and know your rights before agreeing to anything or engaging with your landlord.

[milkweedman]

managed to fuck up my wrist to the point that i can pop the radius back into place but it just comes right back out as soon as i stop putting tons of pressure on it. also it hurts so bad :/

have caught myself genuinely considering breaking my wrist several times now so that i can get some kind of treatment or medication for it. bc the baby tylenol level shit that pain management gives me is um. literally not doing a single goddamn thing. as always.

[jdsquared]

Bava Metzia 101b

[monsterhugger]

they don't tell you when you become an adult that sometimes you might be on the phone for 3 hrs bc the company you rented an apartment from just kinda stopped existing so you have to figure out where tf your rent checks are supposed to go

[maddie-grove]

My sense of authority is wavering a lot today. On one hand, the guy who runs the pizza place where I sometimes eat lunch asked me for legal information. On the other hand, I was effectively menaced by a Canadian goose who set up shop near my car.

[moinsbienquekaworu]

You know what's unfair? Any very specific knowledge I learn online from people who do know a lot about this one area has pretty significant chances of being completely useless to me, just because I'm never going to live in the US

[ifindtheartifacts]

Just emailed the housing website about the landlord 😬 oops

[katierosefun]

cannot believe i’m studying for my property exam by telling my landlord that hey, buddy, did you know by doing X, you are actually breaking the law. tenant rights to quiet enjoyment of the premises!

[seemabhatnagar]

Failure to show alternate accommodation by the tenant led to the success of eviction petition of the landlord

Nisar Ahmad v. Agya Pal Singh,

Rent Control Revision 367/2018

Before Delhi High Court

Revision Petition was allowed by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri J on July7, 2023

A wife is neither an appendage of nor an adjunct to her husband. Her identity does not merge with or get subsumed in her husband’s identity. In law, she retains her individual entity. She retains her natural right to pursue her dreams, aspirations and the desire and need to be financially independent or otherwise do some meaningful social work. Idle luxuriation may not be the life-goal of many a woman or to be simply known as a rich man’s wife. There is a certain self-worth which a person acquires by running her or his own business/commercial enterprise, vocation and professional activity. This aspiration cannot be questioned in proceedings for eviction of a tenant on the ground of bonafide requirement of the tenanted premises.

Background

This is a case filed by the landlord Nisar Ahmad for eviction of his premises given on rent to Tenant - Agya Pal Singh which happened to be a shop on the ground floor.

The journey to litigation which began in the year 2009 came to an end recently on July 7, 2023 when Delhi High Court allowed the Rent Control Revision of the Petitioner-Landlord.

In between the legal battle which took about 14-15 years, cross cases were filed by the either side. Sometime one party was aggrieved by the order and sometime the other. Matter was taken even to the Supreme Court through Special Leave Petition by the tenant but SLP could not stand in the Supreme Court and it was dismissed with leave granted to the tenant to defend before ARC. Evidence was led by the parties and Eviction petition of the Landlord was dismissed in the year 2018. Against the dismissal of his petition, Landlord filed the instant Revision Petition before Delhi Court.

Fact: -

Justification by the Petitioner-Landlord: -

ORDER OF THE RENT CONTROLLER-

This is not the shop in dispute this is a shop got vacated by the landlord and it was situated in the narrow lane. Whereas the shop in question was situated on the main road therefore obvious expectation of the landlord and his daughters was more footfall.}

Whether a small shop was suitable for the landlord to start his business from or suitable for his daughters‟ enterprise, is for the landlord and the dependent daughters to decide and not for the tenant or any other party to determine or dictate.

The order delves into the examination of nature of business being carried out by the wife and how it was being run.

Observation of the Delhi High Court in Revision

(Against the dismissal of Eviction Petition of Landlord by ARC)

Decision:

The married daughters are dependent upon their father for space to start their business in Delhi. The dependency was not pleaded on the husbands. The petition is maintainable. The daughters need continues, so does the need of the petitioner.

No suitable alternate accommodation has been shown by the tenant or otherwise brought on record.

The landlord has established a case for eviction of the tenant from the ground floor.

Accordingly, the petition is allowed. The tenant-respondent is directed to vacate and hand over to the landlord-petitioner the peaceful physical possession of the tenanted premises.

Seema Bhatnagar

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