I would like to share my experience and how Tenant's Together came to my rescue!
This happened between 2010-2012, when foreclosures were at its peak.

I was paying my rent dutifully every month having no idea the rental was in default. I came home one evening to find a sheriff's notice on the ... Read More

I am dealing with a nightmare of a landlord first off I moved in as a emergancy and I was advised by serveral memebers of the community that this was not a right choice and they are correct about..Since I lived there at first it was ok.. She made me move there times in a matter of 6 mths this units ... Read More

My spouse and I lived apart for two years and then reconciled. Upon leaving her rental home in immaculate condition, after four months we have yet to receive any amount of our security deposit back. Phone calls have not been returned.

Moved in and there is 5 to 6 people that live in the 2 bedroom above me. I asked to be moved over 35 times. then she threw cigeretts on my porch, watered my porch, abused my bikes, peeked in my windows, damamaged my car and I gave them a cd of noise 8 hours of ball bouncing and wrestling. They ... Read More

I have been renting aforementioned property close to three years. I had a month to month lease agreement with the homeowner and paid my rent early/on time every month up to last August (2012) when I was informed by mail that the property was in foreclosure and would be up for public auction. At ... Read More

I have rented this home for 6 years. I have a $6500 security deposit. The landlord stopped paying mort. and taxes over a year ago, and also declared Chpt.7 bankruptcy without telling me. and I learned of the foreclosure in November... NTS in Jan. and sold at Court House this month. (April ... Read More

For the last 6 months I've been paying my rent late and haven't been able to pay the late fees of $76. This new manager is very tough. She told me that this month they dont want partial payment they want all the fees wich is $2160.. When I calculated the $76 times 6 the total is $1951. Any way I ... Read More

Thank you for listening.
Sand Canyon M.H.P. Owner Proposed a rent for year 2013,however none of the criteria for presented to the rent control panel did not meet the proper requirement for approval, which included park condition and rent charge by other parks comparison and the same panel simply ... Read More

My landlords owned a nice house here in Newark, CA that they bought for $220K in 1999. They owed $176K and if they hadn't borrowed more, they would be close to paying it off. The bank got them to borrow more money to improve the house as the value "rose" during the bubble, and after 8 refinances ... Read More

I moved into 6172 Mary Lane Dr. on July 15, 2010. I was the first of my 3 other roommates to move into the house and upon opening the front door of the house for the very first time I was greeted by a front room/dining area filled with bugs (ants, fruit flies etc.) due to a dead bird that was ... Read More

I have been living at my apartment building for about 3 years. After 1 year, without notice, major renovations began. For the next 2 years, I have had to deal with noise, debris, lack of water, workers coming into my apartment every week, and recently was relocated to a different unit. The ... Read More

Long story short. We are tenants who were evicted with a written unexpired lease in a property that was foreclosed on. We clearly have protections under PTFA 2009 and AB2610 but the orange county judges, sheriffs department, baNK Of america and safeguard and their attorneys have no respect or even ... Read More

Our landlord is selling our unit and has offered it to us to buy. He's also emailed that we have 60 day to move out if we don't want to buy it.
The Oakland housing authority says a landlord can't evict tenants if they're selling the property.
On the other hand, a landlord doesn't need reason ... Read More

San Francisco public housing is not including Earned Income Disregard when they calculate the rents of residents who have a job, or training program. According to the law passed by Congress in 1999, every public housing resident over 18 yrs old is eligible for Earned Income Disregard, if they ... Read More

I keep getting slugs in my kitchen. Landlord was slow to respond and has said twice they have plugged all holes in the kitchen. The slugs keep coming. Landlord now will not respond to me. What can I do?

My husband,his brother & myself are all disabled & for the first time in my life I know what homeless is like, only because I was standing up for what is right, not for me but someone else & I am still taking that stand. My landlord evicted us illegally & he stalked me, but I will still do the ... Read More

When I moved into my condo it needed alot of repairs. The repairs included: non working heat/air unit, no working fire alarms, painting/walls were badly soiled, and patio storage filled with all sorts of junk left from former tenant. The landlord agreed to credit the work. After moving in, ... Read More

Di el aviso de salida con menos de 30 dias, y por esa razon me han dicho que no me regresaran mi deposito de 600

In 2008 the owner of the home I was renting stopped paying their mortgage and then wanted me to accept their mail for a TARP loan. I realized they were loosing the home and wanted out of my two year lease. They would not give me back my $4,100.oo deposit because they did not have it any longer. ... Read More

my water had been non potable since i moved into my cottage in late november. my ladylady told me the water was drinkable when i first moved in. i made her aware of the problem the first week i began living in the place and it is february and she has still not fixed the problem. what can i do? what ... Read More

we are section 8 Choice Voucher recipients living in a rural area in a granny unit on a property with 2 houses owner let's property for clothes and moves out of town bank takes over possession and issues at any eviction notice

My home is in foreclosure. The landlord has filed for bankruptcy and I have a huge $7500 deposit. If I move before the home is actually foreclosed, I don't know how I can recover my security...especially if he is in bankruptcy. Is he protected against my deposit claim? If he is not paying the ... Read More

my mom had put a stay away order against me for a year.that time has past a couple days ago.she is in foreclosure and my personal belongings and my ten year old sons things are still there.I have tried to talk to the bank and leave mother meats but no answers so what can I do? before everything is ... Read More

The house we have been in for 7 yrs. was picked up by Griffin Residential on Dec 5,2012.
We have tried to work with them to vacate within 90 day period even though we have a valid lease until July,2013. They have unlawfully served a UD/Eviction notice (we now have a court date 2-6-13)Have lied to ... Read More

In Oct of 2012 I called code enforcement on the landlord, a woman who knows nothing about real estate has since retaliated by trying to evict myself and my roommate. My roommate and I had to pay for an attorney and then went to fair housing and they have opened an investigation for all kinds of ... Read More

I am disabled, living on a fixed income, below the poverty level. The renters rebate was the only extra income I received throughout the year and was extremely important.. It was my only opportunity to pay the mandatory annual car insurance,
without which, my freedom is stripped and I am forced ... Read More

I wanted to update everyone on the battle we are having with the investment company Rancho Horizon LLc / Griffin Residential that purchased the home we have a lease through Dec. 2013. For over 9 months they continue to harass, break multiple civil codes and ignore Federal Laws. We have already ... Read More

I moved out of my apartment after my neighbors and my landlord began calling me and harassing me about where my boyfriend parked. He barely came over, but when he did, he parked in a communal parking area where other tenants families/friends parked. Being a young, single female, I became ... Read More

Well I have a leak in the roof in my laundry room which is a new adddition they added before I rented, anyways I touched by the leak and the dry wall just gave way, and I noticed mold. So I called a roofer to come out to tell me the exact damage and cost because my landlord would just sent a ... Read More

Been tenant for 4 years. Then the neighbor from "hell" Bangs on our floor her ceiling for everything throughout our unit.

Biggest concern is DISABLED mental/physically impaired wife + animals.

Tried mediation but failed for she violated and won't confront.

Now filing with police and ... Read More

I wish I had known about this organization in June 2012. We were renting a home and the home was foreclosed and sold. We were served a 3 day notice and were told that the new owners WOULD NOT accept rent because they wanted to renovate and flip the property.My former landlord had been lying to my ... Read More

I have advised my onsite manager of excessive moisture and mold previously and it was brushed off, and I was advised to keep my windows cracked. Recently a new onsite manager started and I again notified them of excessive moisture. She came to inspect and found several issues, non-working bathroom ... Read More

The landlords lost their house to Fanie Mae. And the started to make our life hard and did not give us a fair cash for keys and started eviction process agints us .

I have been having problems with my home situation since I found a notice of trustee sale early this year and have come to not trust my "landlord". I believe the bank has taken this property (two "homes" piece of property I reside). I voiced many concerns regarding the place I live (gate not ... Read More

I am facing an eviction which i feel has been illegally forced up on me by perpertrators that were denying me employment,healthcare, and humane living conditions suitable for children and raising a family. What happened was i was living as caregiver for my grandparents before they passed away. the ... Read More

my landlord is in default even thow i have continued to pay my rent and now there is a trustee sale date and he is still recieving rent from us, im still in the foreclosure process and want to know if i need to stop paying rent now ? or have to wait until foreclosure is complete, what are my rights ... Read More

Landlords have been found in violation of illegally renting apartments that are considered occupant non-permitted and uninhabitable conditions; rather than landlords working with tenant, we have been illegally evicted with unlawful detainer and have been retaliated against. Landlords have an ... Read More

TO BE MORE SPECIFIC I HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF MY HOUSE WHICH I WAS STAYING IN WHICH WAS MY GRANPARENTS PLACE I WAS LOOKING AFTER THEM. THE BILLS I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO PAY. I DONT HAVE A JOB AND I NEED ASSISSTANCE WITH MOVING TO NEW HOUSING COMMUNITY. MY CREDIT IS NOT BAD BUT IT IS NOT GOOD. I HAVE ... Read More

living here for about 4 years.we ask the landlord to fix the broken restroom.and she did but it took her workers about 3weeks to fix it and is still not done. we had to use the toilet out side and shower with cold water. we let all that slide. but now the floor is full of fungus it stinks the floor ... Read More

Paid rent on time for six years. The rent was much higher than what the place was worth. Landlord kept deposit after I moved out. The reason I moved was because the landlord wanted to move back in. When I moved in the place was mess but it seemed like the new landlord was a decent person so ... Read More

We decided to move to Temecula from Orange co, in October we viewed this property, the present tenants had a lease until end of Jan, but in the craigslist ad, she said they were prepared to move end of December 2011 we viewed the property and liked it, she also said she wanted to sell it and if we ... Read More

My bf and I live in a large complex. There is a Sac Co. Housing Ord., that requires owners to register, take inspection course before marketing the unit; and unit was eventually cited for no heat, no cold water, inoperative lighting, electricity, roaches, mold, water intrusion in bath... the ... Read More

Right now I live in a nice place but have recently had a baby and now need to move. I am a section 8 recipient and am writing to voice my concerns about how most section 8 tenants are forced into low income neighborhoods because the owners of properties in nice neighborhoods don't want to rent to ... Read More

Landlord bosses tenants around using intimidation. Harrassed my wife and threatened to evict her if she contacted me the husband about his complaints hed called on the phone about. The complaints may have had an ounce of legitimacy but the fact he threatens her for contacting me..Im on the road out ... Read More

My landlord is the biggest wimp. He wont confront the neighbor's landlord to tell him that his tenants are very disruptive of the peace. Instead, he asked if we just wanted out of our lease. I feel like he should talk to the owner of the building next door to tell him to quiet his tenants. ... Read More

We have been in a battle with an Investment company that purchased the home we have a lease on till Dec.2013. They have used every scare tactic, filed multiple UD's with the court and after losing, they still continue to ignore the Federal law, Tenant in foreclosure act. We have now spent ... Read More

Well we had called the property managment to tell them that our bath tub was cloged and they said that if it was our fault that we would get charged for it, but i did not think that was right and then we got a letter in the mail stating that they are charging me 105.00 for snaking out the drain, ... Read More

After talking with the forclosure real estate agent, we were distressed by his options. We called the Tenant Hot Line and spoke with a representive who was very helpful with our questions. We felt reassured in our rights as tenants and will sleep better tonight!
Thank you Tenants Together.

This is a sad, sad, issue. My own father is my landlord. He offered, yes he offered to buy this house for me and my kids, ages 16 and 15. He moved me out here, 75 miles from my job so that we would have a stable place to live and the kids could finish high school without inturuption like moving ... Read More

My son is a student at ucla and moved into an apartment with 4other boys. One of the previos tenenates/roommates had a problem with bed bugs and let the land lord know asking for an exterminator. Instead the landlord sprayed himself. We were under the understanding a professional exterminator, had ... Read More