I know what he's doing is illegal, but I don't know how to confront him about it. I really hate confrontation and I'm not good at this sort of thing. I can't afford a 13% increase, which is triple the annual limit where I live. How do I respond to him? (Serious answers please, no Mao larping.)
Can he kick me out if I don't sign a new lease? I really don't want to be forced out. I'm looking for a new pace now but it's almost impossible to find one that fits my needs in this area (also moving without a car is expensive and time consuming).
"I can't sign this as it is above the legal limit and I could get in trouble."
I'm 100% sure he would say, "No, I don't mind. Go ahead and sign it." He always find some kind of excuse for every little thing. Our oven hasn't worked in two years.
True story: when I lost my job during the pandemic he literally told me to beg my family and friends for money to pay the rent. Even tough I'm pretty sure he could have just gotten some government grant to cover it. He's that kind of landlord.
this is why we need maoists
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When you do move out, take tons of pictures. Take pictures of the floors, walls, inside the closets, the blinds, anything they furnished the place with. When they try to withhold your final fee, take them to small claims court.
If you have a blacklight, take pictures under the fucking blacklight. I had them say my clean floors failed "the blacklight test."
Have you heard of our lord and savior "putting rent in escrow until the problems are fixed" ?