2. Every Tenant Must Know Their Rights: Ben
Pure
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If your landlord is harassing you to the extent that it has
become unbearable to live in the rental, you must hire a
lawyer. You need to know your rights as a tenant, says
Benjamin Pure, who is one of the most reliable attorneys
around. Instead of entering into heated arguments with your
landlord, it is best to go the legal and dignified way.
3. Circumstances under which you need a lawyer
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Your landlord sends you an eviction notice, which you find
retaliatory, according to your circumstances.
Your landlord is forcefully evicting you without following
correct legal proceedings. For instance, if they are locking you
out, threatening you, or canceling your utilities, and other such
unacceptable methods.
Your landlord fails to make necessary repairs in the house.
For instance, they keep putting off repairing a broken window
or heating system or others.
Your landlord is discriminating against you. According to Ben
Pure, in this case you can also file a complaint with the local
agencies under Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD)
Fair Housing
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Your landlord does not keep their promise. For instance, if the
landlord promises to install a security alarm system at the
house in the wake of recent burglaries in the
neighborhood, but does not do so, you can take action by
giving them a notice through your lawyer, threatening to sue
them unless they fulfill their promise.
You are injured or fallen ill due to your landlord’s negligence.
For example, you slip on broken staircase, which was
supposed to be repaired by the landlord.
Your property gets damaged due to landlord’s laxity. For
instance, they fail to repair a loose roof tile, which falls off on
your car, damaging it.
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Benjamin pure advises you to stop suffering in silence. If you
don’t know what to do, immediately hire a lawyer and stop
your landlord’s illegal ways. Protect your rights as a tenant. A
bossy landlord might be okay, but a reckless, ruthless one,
who does not respect his or her tenant, is worth taking to the
court.
