Landlord Tenant Disputes
Providing filthy and dangerous housing is illegal...
A slumlord is an unflattering term used to describe a landlord that makes his or her money by providing substandard housing to tenants who cannot afford higher rent or may not pass background checks. When tenants living in these substandard conditions request routine maintenance or exterminations for dangerous safety and health code violations, slumlords typically challenge the request or ignore it altogether. This illegal slumlord behavior can create a valid landlord tenant dispute.
By law, landlords are required to provide a safe, habitable place to live. The experienced landlord tenant attorneys of Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin and Mendoza can help you with your legal claims. Slumlords cannot legally ignore serious health and safety code violations such as...
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After contacting the slumlord attorneys at Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin and Mendoza about a landlord tenant dispute, follow these guidelines to ensure your landlord tenant case is viewed positively in the courts.
- Be a model tenant
Try to keep things as clean and tidy as possible. By willfully making your living conditions worse, you may inadvertently weaken your claim. - Pay your rent
Continue paying the contracted amount of rent. Stopping rent payments can provide your landlord with an excuse for the dispute. - Complain in writing
Track all the letters and requests you send to your landlord. Document the requests as best as possible, and keep a copy all of the letters and requests you send. Utilize a tracking component, such as registered mail with return receipt, for the correspondence. - Save all replies
Keep all of the documents and correspondence received from your landlord. - Document your living conditions
Write down all adverse living conditions. Take pictures if you can.
Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin and Mendoza offers a free consultation that is absolutely confidential. Have peace of mind that retaliation against you for your landlord tenant dispute is against the law. PLBSM will vigorously investigate any claims of retaliation in addition to your landlord tenant legal dispute.
If you or a loved one is the victim of an oppressive slumlord, contact the experienced landlord tenant legal experts at Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin and Mendoza. Send us an email using our submission form or call us at (800) 435-7542 to schedule a confidential consultation at no cost to you. Our office has over 40 years of experience and has recovered awards for hundreds of slumlord victims. A clean and safe rental experience is your right, and Perona, Langer, Beck, Serbin and Mendoza will help you protect that right.
