The local Board of Health or Inspectional Services Department.
You can also legally refuse to pay rent until the problem is fixed. The landlord has to maintain a habitible structure, and it sounds like yours is not. Withholding rent is often a very effective way to get a problem dealt with. You should also call you local Code Enforcement office. The can fine your landlord or declare the structure unsound, letting you off the hook for any rent or damages. If the landlord fails to comply with code enforcement, he can face legal penalties. Or you can go to DHEC humane service and report it.
You can call children services in your area to report three people living in a one bedroom house (if children are involved). You can also report the people to their landlord.
they call the landlords association and they keep track of that somehow
Yes.
YES. This will show up on your credit report as "Landlord/Tenant history". This will stay there for 7-10 years!
Check your state's landlord tenant laws. In some states the tenant is liable if they were aware of a problem and did not report it to the landlord, did nothing to prevent the problem or if they are responsible for causing the problem.
Anyone who requests a credit report must get your prior permission. This includes a landlord. You must provide he information the landlord needs before they can legally get a credit report, but this is a requirement for a lot of landlords before they will rent you their property.
You don't. I don't know of any jurisdiction where that is illegal. He's a landlord, not ICE.
To the cops or Utility company.
Yes
The local postmaster.
Yes they can!
If you live in an apartment building, the proper functioning of the sewage systems is the responsibility of the landlord. Report the problem to the landlord and let him/her sort it out, that is what you pay your rent for!
Yes, a landlord can call the police to take an report of any damages on the property.
hi just thought I would expand on the question. My landlord was investigated by the office of fair trading and the report said that they should not Be charging for the gas service among other things. The report was dated sept 2004 I moved into the property in March 2004. What I would like to know is does my landlord have to change my tenancy agreement even though it was signed before the oft report
The aggrieved tenants may call the police to report such breach of peace. They may also write a letter to the landlord asking him to remedy the problem.
You can also legally refuse to pay rent until the problem is fixed. The landlord has to maintain a habitible structure, and it sounds like yours is not. Withholding rent is often a very effective way to get a problem dealt with. You should also call you local Code Enforcement office. The can fine your landlord or declare the structure unsound, letting you off the hook for any rent or damages. If the landlord fails to comply with code enforcement, he can face legal penalties. Or you can go to DHEC humane service and report it.