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Landlord forces a resident to change their doormat for ruining the “welcoming atmosphere,” tenant doubles down with new decor: 'It’s a $12 doormat from TJ Maxx… It’s a joke'

Inés Soubrie

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‘It feels gross having to "prove" I am a good tenant every 30 days’: Landlord demands timestamped monthly photo reports from an always-early, perfect tenant

Etai Eshet

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Landlord restricts laundry room to 9am-6pm and sells a "$40 VIP pass" for after-hours use, residents refuse to comply: ‘Those hours are exactly when most people in the building are actually at work’

Inés Soubrie

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Scammer charges roommate $1000 per month after telling him the rent is $1600, roommate discovers the rent is actually $1000: 'The landlord says we're short on rent because he only gives the landlord $800 a month.'

Emmy Pratt

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Landlord replaces all physical keys with a 'smart app,' charges tenants a monthly $15 tech fee to cover the cost: 'It is literally a subscription service just to enter my own home'

JR Atkinson

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Renter walks away from well-priced apartment after landlord reveals extreme rules and preference for a tenant who barely exists: ‘Ideally someone who’s not around much’

Cata Holmes

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Landlord introduces a $20 per night guest fee, then demands $100 prepayment and a registered ID for a tenant's sister coming to help them: 'They have cameras in the hallway'

Etai Eshet

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Renter finds a dream apartment only to discover that the landlord is a nightmare: 'My dream home: a place where I can’t eat, exist, or turn on lights'

Brad Dickson

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Tenant’s sewage complaints get ignored for over a month, organizes neighbors to flood the management phone lines, and gets the pipe fixed by Monday morning: ‘The change in their attitude was instant’

Etai Eshet

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Landlord demands using tenant's apartment for showings, then backs down when tenant asks for rent deduction in return: 'He was never going to give us money'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Landlord wants $250 extra per month because city finally cleaned up trash pile across the street: 'It is just a blatant cash grab because he did not do a single thing to earn that money'

JR Atkinson

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Employee works from home, landlord tries to charge them $200/month commercial usage fee: 'I literally just sit there'

Ally Perry

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Landlord turns a tenant’s apartment into a 3-month-long renovation experiment, then raises rent because the unit is now considered upgraded

Etai Eshet

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Landlord charges every tenant a flat $500 move-out cleaning fee for years, hits 3 families at once, they group, sue together, and win every cent back plus legal fees: ‘We stood our ground. We filed a collective action, and yesterday we won’

Etai Eshet

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Landlord reprimands tenant for not reminding him that their lease was expiring: 'He gets money for being a landlord but doesn’t want the responsibility that comes with being a landlord?'

JR Atkinson

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Woman refuses to let her roommate move her boyfriend and his 2 kids into their 2 bedroom apartment: 'She said I’m being selfish and unsupportive of her relationship.'

Emmy Pratt

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