Please include your name and email if you need us to write you a letter of support to the local housing authority, department of building and safety, courtroom, commissioner, judge. The more pressure the people put on the system the more chances you will have of obtaining your right to live in a safe and habitable apartment or home. Please keep a track of all letters, dates, emails concerning your housing problem by chance you have to attend a court session or be a witness for an abused tenant. Please use your camera phones to help your neighbors if you see crimes, conditions of the building or unit, and hear statements that are illegal made to frighten renters. Remember retaliation eviction is illegal yet many careless landlords, slumlords or unethical rental owners gotten away with this crime in court. Many renters feel intimidated by landlords and are afraid to make complaints to them or the system. If you would like a letter be made for a court case please ensure that we have the correct details of your problem. Please make every effort to make complaints to your local housing authority, department of building and safety, for roach & pest problems to the local health department, asbestos problems, pool problems, make calls to and ask questions to the Health Department in your area. Remember ask questions if you need to. Make appointments with those inspectors inside these departments so they can make a report to your landlord. Your landlord has to fix these problems by law within a reasonable amount of time. If they don't they can have the building taken over by the City but this is not a common practice due to the lowgrade controls on the current day system. If you are on section 8 and your landlord is getting paid you have just as much right to a safe, habitable unit or home as any other citizen. Please write to Congress or representative in your area or State and ask them to take away owner's rights from careless landlords and slumlords once and for all. Tell them about this public petition and need for justice. Please leave any contact information as well in the comment section at your will if you are seeking help. Always take photos and/or videos of your unit prior to moving in and when you move out of your unit. Use a date stamp. Get reputable witnesses, neighbors, family to view the condition of your unit after moving and prior to moving in. Slumlords are reknonw for frauding the insurance departments and make billions of dollars of false claims claiming property damage. Most prevalent is the fact that slumlords usually have no property damage or hire illegal workers to do some demolishing after a renter leaves and sometimes place the blame on the renter. Irresponsible landlords then file claims collecting large sums of money for property damages which most often surpasses even the amount of any sort of fixture with new materials. Use a newspaper stamp with the dates in your photos and videos and/or a live internet date taping.
"Slum Lords are vile criminals whose only aim is greed. These are accounts of just a few victims who fell prey to notorious Slumlords paying luxury apartment rent to only be robbed of their security, peace of mind, health, well being, and credit destroyed by these villains."
One renter stated: "I was a victim of a well known Slum Lord in California named Milan Properties Inc.These treacherous criminal minded owners bought and ran buildings and ran them to the ground while collecting overpriced rents from victims under illegal rental leases. While these slum lords raked in millions of dollars in profits, owned multi million dollar houses and buildings themselves they deprived and terrorized tenants of all health and safety rules that they deserve keeping the buildings infested with roaches, termites, spiders with no manager in buildings that require management. Milan kept up faulty wiring, lack of gate secure latches, had no call box outside, and advertised that they were renting a security building. The two head owners named Amy Rubenstein and Milan Puscovic aka Milan Rubenstein a married couple unscrupulously robbed all of their renters of tenant rights while bypassing the county and State rules and laws almost every time." Another source stated: "Milan Properties unscrupulously lured investors into investment schemes while frauding those investors and hiding profits under various LLCs and promising to manage those buildings while not managing them. Finally some of those investors wised up and sued them for fraud and deceit besides other charges."
A representative stated: "Under the Fire Dept rules all buildings with a good sized number of units needs an on site manager at all times which they didn't do. They used one witness and forced her to take on the job of property manager and whereas she was a renter and paid full rent because the Rubensteins didn't want to pay for a manager or go by the basic laws. They kept false sign up in front of the building stating that her unit was the managers and forcing this renter into involuntary servitute or "slavery" while under lease and paying overpriced rent for the unit. They promised to remove this professional sign but refused. Yet in her lease she signed an agreement based on deception that she wouldn't tamper with the property. She was forced slaved labored for Milan Properties for almost a year while ill and after being in the hospital twice due to their negligence under duress without being paid or in agreement to such a contract. Surrounding building owners came complaining to her about the Milan building which was unkept, building up flies and filth, and the smell passed on to the next door buildings. Renters came to her knocking on her door day and night to see the properties. She asked the owners over and over again to remove the sign but Milan refused. After purchasing the property Milan Properties building didn't have a manager onsite leaving the residents in dangerous circumstances including women, children, and disabled rent payers. This left the building in danger for no one was put in charge of turning off the gas lines and water lines in the event of an Earthquake which California is known for. They refused to tell the renters that their units are infested with roaches and termites and they do not fumigate the buildings before they move in not disclosing the aweful truths and dangers of their buildings. This was nondisclosure of material facts to the contractees required by the DRE. In one of their buildings they used an old outdated gate system which closed and smashed into a tenant one day. After moving in they found out the gate was constanty broken down. This same gate system smashed and closed into another tenant's body. The gate smashed electronically on their car damaging the car and causing injuries. They refused to officially fix this problem. They also used a torture tactic of evicting her while promising to pay for the damages. They then sent her a false bill stating that she owed them thousands of dollars for their personal use without cause or reason. They continued to threaten her and stalk her and accused her of calling the Health Dept as if she was guilty of anything. The hospital bills as of yet have not been paid and they evicted her as a torture tactic ruining her credit, lying in court, after they forced her to endure a year of illness from the neglect of their unit, hospitalization, and some of the most horrible atrocious living and crimes she have ever witnessed to families and good citizens of all religions, faiths, colors, and creeds living under a slumlord and living on American soil. They forced seniors & the young alike to walk through pathways in the dark at night because they refused to abide by laws and put up the proper lighting in the building pathways in the common areas. Gang members gravitated towards this dark building and tried to break in, broke windows, and roamed the grounds which was not secure as advertised."
Yet another source relayed: "Milan and Amy would threaten people if they talked or told. They came around your door or would hire someone who was hostile. They yelled at people who tried to sue them and stalked them. They threatened them with eviction. They tried to just "shut people up" from telling the truth. They would send huge enourmous bills that were made up to lower income people or what it seemed like a sort of lower middle class people. They terrorized the disabled people of the building. They pretended they didn't get rent checks from people they didn't like and give them 3 day notices."
"They refused to put up lighting in thier building so at night one had to walk on broken pathways in a semi dangerous area without any light to guide them to their apartment door. Mothers and children could be seen trying to walk over pathways that were filled with potholes and broken cracks just to get to their car or apartment. This is not in par with American rules of laws although the American system mostly ignored them and allowed these slum lords to continue their abuses on people. It took 2 years for the city to ask them to even fix half of what needs fixing while people sufferred, became ill, sufferred damages in the meantime getting robbed and threatened by Milan for the high rent monies."
An anonymous source also relayed the facts: "They hired a known Megan's List Pedophile to hold the keys for all the apartments with a building with small children in it. This Megan's List Pedophile wore black leather skirts and could be heard from his window using a whip on his half his age female roomate subjecting children and tenants to these abuses. The owners were in full knowledge of events and renter's criminal history. They refused to do due diligence or efficiently manage their buildings with complaints from all of their properties. This same pedophile was given the keys to all the units and many had children living inside them without notifying the parents that a pedophile now had their private keys in which he could walk in an out of with full access! He would have parties where teens could be seen drinking. The police were called yet did nothing. Milan Properties also rented to the Megan's Pedophile listed man around the street from an elementary school. His name is Charles."
Another tenant stated: "One day I was walking my dog and their bad gate just smashed into my body! Another time it smashed into my truck while exiting! They did nothing to fix the problem and threaten me for being a victim to it!"
One tenant stated: "They breached and broke their leases, threatened people and "threw out" people who called the Health Dept and Housing Authority in retaliation. This way they could ruin someone's credit so that they cannot rent again. The courts allowed them to use retaliation eviction in my case and others fully breaking the laws of State of the inhabitable conditions. The commissioner on the case had mutual friends because his son was good freinds with the Slum Lord's leading council's son who spent time at eachother's houses. This same comissioner knowingly supported uninhabitable conditions and violated the very laws he was supposed to uphold. While retaliation eviction is fully illegal and tenants have rights the county has not fully supported its own laws."
"Another tenant of one of their buildings just passed away due to the Slum Lord Milan Properties abuses, neglect, and harrassment" a witness stated. "He was a disabled Veteran. Amy Rubenstein and Milan Puscovic were seen threatening him and harrassing him til no end. They were performing elder abuse to no end."
One Tenant Stated: "The parking spaces they promised tenants before moving in were no longer available after moving in and were so small that tenants regular had to hit eachother's cars. They wouldn't put a legal latch on the icey cold pool preventing disabled and children from entering or drowing required by law and ignored the county's requests as well as tenant complaints. The spaces were half the size required to fit properly into. The designation of spaces were all false on the leases. There was pieces of glass oftentimes inside the pool where children would try to swim & adults. Because they refused to hire a required manager to live on the premises and oversee the property this glass would sit in the pool for days, weeks, or months at a time. Everyone was afraid. People didn't even know they have rights! People were so afraid to rock the boat because of retaliation eviction and lack of moving expenses. Entire families were in tears over the neglect and abuse and the threats."
"Milan Properties promised a heated swimming pool which turned out to be an ice pool filled with filth and only cleaned when they knew about any inspection and rarely. They used faulty advertising and promised a heated swimming pool and showed me another unit when I came to rent the apartment but after I paid them in full with a large sized deposit they gave me another unit altogether in the back of the building with fixtures broken, a stairway falling apart, and my front door was broken and didn't lock correctly. When a County inspector did come by they bypassed people's individual aparments for Milan Properties never told the renters that their apartments needed by law to be inpsected. People were also afraid to complain or rock the boat due to Milan Properties Inc. high criminal code and unethical ownership. My complaints were left ignored, my problems unfixed, and the rent high. The City mostly doesn't care. The City never inspected properly either way and left things undone. In fact I know they only took a sample of units when inspecting and even bypassed my unit while I was home after a year of living there while I had all sorts of problems living upstairs including a banister and upstairs fence which was broken. In other words anyone could just fall off the second story of the building because of lack of fixtures. Although the City knew about the smashing broken gate they also didn't report it as if they were secretly paid off by the wealthy Milans of Milan Properties Inc. I'd rather stay silent right at this moment as far as court action because I know I'll get a 3 day notice, I'll never see the return of my deposit and I'll have to come up with five thousand dollars just to move."
Video revealed inside one of the Milan Properties Inc buildings that drainage problems caused floods in walkways and common areas. Videos revealed the dark corriders on dangerous pathways where there was no lighting. Photos revealed infestations of crawling roaches inside units crawling on walls, inside cabinets, and on dishes.
"They rented out illegal units that weren't registered. A very young couple rented Milan Properties Incs., illegally registered unit and the unit was flooded because of the plumbing problems. This couple's property was ruined. They were in shambles and soon learned that they were not only going to get their property fixed after the flood but that they were being thrown out. This couple didn't even know they had a right to sue. The City Official came by and told a few of us that the unit was illegally unregistered - that is it was not allowed to be rented out." Another rental source stated.
"They would threaten, use violent threats, and eviction notices on any tenant who spoke out or called their office asking for something to be fixed. Other renters who lived there and complained were of various ethnic and racial backgrounds including caucasion single folks, families with young children, mixed racial couples, latina and latino families, senior citizens, caucasion single women, those who came from out of State, and more. I saw a mother and her newborn child trying to cross over to her apartment in their flooded common area one day. It was dangerous and unlawful. At those high rental prices one would think they would upkeep the property to the T but they didn't bother with barely anything. The only time I saw the owners come by was to quiet people or warn them to keep quiet because he had investors coming by and wanted no one one to tell the truth or talk after all the owners kept changing the names as to who we were to pay the rent to. I guess this had something to do with maybe hiding monies from past investors or from other sources. They had people also sometimes paying rent into their personal accounts instead of the leased name on the agreements. No one seemed to question it all. They refused to address and fix the drainage problem inside the building. This was dangerous and humiliating."
"Mold and mildew caused a young poorer couple's children's illness and because of the roach infestation they had to rid of much of their furniture. Since their financial levels were so low and the rents so high they couldn't afford an attorney. Finding a good and I say a good Contingency Attorney is a rarity let alone a possibility. Milan Properties knows all this and would rather hire one of their own attorneys to terrorize and retaliate then to fix 100 dollars worth of lighting in the buildings or do things right by the people and the law."
Another renter stated: "I am 8 months pregnant and I just moved here! My apartment is infested with roaches. I am about to give birth. What are we supposed to do now? I can't move now being in this condition, signed a lease with Milan and now I know they will force us to have roaches in our babys bassinet while we sleep and will evict us if we complain."
"Milan Properties Inc. got tenants to pay rent checks into their personal accounts and kept changing the names of their LLCs (or make the rent check out here or there this month) to possibly avoid auditing from investors to hide the profits. Milan Properties frauded investors and lied to them about managing the buildings" an anonymous source stated.
"They continue to pursue investors at a high rate buying up buildings where they can take advantage of disabled, older folks, vets, minorities, teens who have no credit who find it hard to find an apt., and anyone who is at prey to the high cost of finding an apt in California due to the constant credit check fees at each one."
A tenant stated: "They used one of their criminal tenants to threaten my life for five months using a trained violent pit bull who came to my door having her dog threaten me and my 7 pound dog while she threatened to beat me up. They did nothing about this. I was terrorized. The police said it was a private property matter reguarding the pit bull off the leash and just spoke to her without taking any real action. The owners were in full awareness of these events and did nothing to counter onsite crimes. They also pretended I was the manager and kept a sign up against my will stating that my unit was the managers'. People knocked at my door day and night with complaints or problems. Neighboring apartment owners came to me to complain about the problems of this Milan Property which was affecting them. I asked and was told the sign would be taken down but it was not. I was paying full rent and all the time forced to slave labor for the duo against my consent. I never at any moment agreed to manage their building for them nor did anyone else for that matter. There was absolutely no manager available at this building. I was harrassed daily and at odd hours of the night. People were furious at me at times thinking I was the manager because of crimes or wrongdoings Amy Rubenstein and Milan did to them. As soon as I called Amy and Milan to fix stuff in my unit I started getting threats including a 3 day notice without cause. Renters also cried to me. Children ran to me crying terrorized and told me how Amy and Milan threatened their mommy and that they had a big pit bull with them with a huge red mark on his forehead. The children asked me if the pitbull is going to kill them and eat them."
A few renters relayed these facts: "They would raise rents while fixing nothing. Sometimes they sent over unlicensed immigrants who answered to them and not to the standard fixture laws of the State in other words they paid unlicensed immigrants to check or oversee important fixtures in the buildings that could endanger or harm tenants. This is how the electrical system was overlooked and why there were so many electrical problems most likely. They used unlicensed workers at times while nothing was actually fixed. The lights would go on and off all the time."
"They forced a disabled couple one being a nurse for the Vet's Hospital on very limited income to pay for the buiding's electricity or laundry room because it was wired wrong leaving everyone in danger. They hired and paid their own unlicensed workers to do the check on those wires. Milan Properties Inc. refused to fix the faulty electrical wiring leaving the building not only in fire hazard condition but managed to apparently con the City on this issue as well most likely fudging their own company paperwork.The County just didn't have the time to pursue all those problems nor did it care very much forcing victims to endure illegal leases and abuses quite severe. Actually the City didn't even check the electrical after they were told there is a consitent problem with it."
They own buildings spanning allover California.
Here are the statements from yet another renter: "Milan Properites wouldn't fix a broken window that wouldn't close for ten months while I rented and it caused me a viral infection whereas I had to go to hospital while still demanding rent, no apology, no concern and overpricing me on rent every month. I couldn't stand up and barely breathe because the viral infection and whereas I called and wrote to Milan Properties about the problem afterwards they ignored me and threatened me with a 3 day notice while paying overpriced luxury apartment rent to them. The housing authority finally did write a report on the mold and mildew but Mold & Mildew are known to cause serious illnesses from lung infections to breathing problems and Milan was supposed to have this problem taken care of before I moved into it. I heard complaints from other tenants about the same problem in their units. I was forced to live with the mold and mildew the entire year and had to spend time at the hospital and being ill most of that time there. They rufused to address my problem when I called them and when I did call them and demand things to be taken care of they gave me a 3 day notice to move. I was supposed to pack all my belongings and furniture something which could take 2 or 3 months to do while ill in 3 days and just move because they didn't respect the laws and just because they could.This I found out is a common known tactic used by Slumlords who terrorize and sicken unsuspecting renters at high rates all around LA today. With all the problems I found out about and falling prey to their criminal conduct I couldn't afford to fix everything myself. When I moved I repainted the apartment and made it immaculate and still Milan Properties haven't returned my deposit. This I heard from other renters also. They did similar acts to other tenants and would steal deposits that were and are rightfully the renters. They refused to respond to calls, return deposits, pay the percentage required by law back to renters on their deposits, stalked, and harrassed people who even stood up by telephone, and pretended to fully fix some things while they were not fixed what so ever only at times."
Milan Properties Inc. is an example of just some of the tacticts used by unscrupulous landlords. According to official Police sites slumlords are responsible for the blight of areas and contribute to the crime in the city.
We want to stop Milan Properties and others like them from owning and running buildings because they do not deserve that liberty of running a building nor do they upkeep laws that are held by cities. Slumlords are irresponsible and malicious while being entrusted with people's lives and well being. Entire families have endured great duress and suffering. We would like them to not pay small tiny fines that cost them a buck or two but to be sent to prison for those hideous violations and human rights violations and be held fully accountable. They take advantage of the plight of renters wherever they can luring them into illegal leases into buildings where they do not disclose the truth or uphold laws then punish people for making an issue over it. They breach leases from the get go by violating the laws that City already implemented. They are famous for disabling and taking advantage of minority groups who do not fully speak English and rob them blind charging the same rents luxury apartment owners do without any of the cleanliness, upkeep, or abiding by the laws. Often time they illegaly raise rents and if are aware of a renter's lack of knowledge make up charges that coincide with reality or fact extorting funds from innocent renters.
When a building owner buys a building and plans on housing people they need to abide by health and safety rules fully so that renters keep their health and they are kept fully safe. Tenants have a right to be and feel safe where they live. If building owners refuse to first make the property habitable before allowing citizens to rent those properties they cannot be allowed to rent and profit. We are looking foward to upgrading legislation to not allow for wealthy slumlords to slip through the cracks of justice. WE DEMAND CHANGE!
Facts were relayed: "In another case a woman's children were hurt due to Milan's negligence and corrupt enterprises and one has a heart condition. This is not fair. Not one apology has come from Milan Props Inc but threats and legal proceedings for speaking about it to others. A threat letter was sent to her for speaking about the issue and wrongdoings."
"The couple who own Milan Properties are avoiding service now inside their mansion with a gate therfore not subject to legal accountability. They know how to try to skirt a lawsuit and have fake business offices whereas they have used a business office that is in shambles and demolished with no one in it to represent their mailing address for checks."
"The list is almost endless as to whose life they have destroyed, sickness they have caused, ruined credit and the unhappiness they have caused. They use so many various business names in court houses that it is hard to follow a certain track on the court records to see if there were past problems with them."
The list seems almost endless as to the victims of Slum Lords allover the country from terrible abuses to Senior Citizens who cannot afford to move to new born babies who have to endure unsanitary, unsafe, and unhealthy conditions. Anyone can become a victim to a Slum Lord who does not disclose in the beginning the full truth about their rental properties luring one into a lease based on lack of truth forcing a person or family to endure some of the most extreme and hideous circumstances. Slum Lords continue to purchase buildings, make profits, at the cost of human life, human suffering, and violating the laws of Country and State by not maintaining their buildings so they can make large profits.
Milan Properties is currently threatening a human rights website as well for speaking about the truth. Milan Properties is trying to silence freedom of speech and pathways of regress & justice.
We have viewed public videos of slumlord buildings allover the country, have heard statements by slumlord victims, and have seen the ways and means by which they are allowed to pursue the seriousness of the crime of slumlording being ignored by authorities and tresspassing on human rights and values combined with spitting in the face of current day laws and those who uphold those laws.
Let's pass new laws that sets a much higher standard and enforces the current day laws already in place protecting citizens from the atrocities of living under a Slum Lord such as Milan Properties Inc.
Set the standard that instead of extremely low fines such as a $49.00 dollar fine for not complying with the law for a year that a fine of $50,000.00 and five to fifteen years in prison for allowing health and safety conditions to lapse what so ever! To hold the Slum Lord fully accountable for all and any sicknessess or illnesses related from asbestos problems to unsanitary conditions inside their buildings besides the fines and jail sentences. These problems are direct death threats and can be treated as thus. Causing the ill health of another human being is a crime no matter which way one looks at it. In a slumlord's case it is purposefull, ill willed, and negligent. They do have full knowledge about the problems of their buildings yet do not uphold laws or respect those renter's rights.
To set the standard straight that all buildings are tented prior to citizens moving in and fumigated correctly so that when citizens do move in they are not subject to rats, vermon, spiders, roaches, and termites. Anyone who violates this basic law is subject to five years or more in prison and a fine with punitive damages always in the renter's favor. With this basic law upheld areas are cleaned up once and for all, diseases and health costs diminished, and high cost or low cost slums or slumlording in any area get to be a thing of the past. Anger is diminished as well which diminishes violence and crime as weell as improves healthy thinking or living. By eliminating loophoels for Slumlords the Country starts to clean itself up. If a potential building owner or land owner cannot afford the costs to keep or make the property safe and fully 100% habitable then there needs to be a law barring that person, group, or business from purchasing a property. When potential building owner plans on taking lives under their care through purchasing a building which they are to rent to citizens they must prove they will abide by the codes and laws 100% before hand. If they have a court record of mistreating and evicting renters then they need to be barred from renting and any or all licenses taken away so they don't continue to ruin the country's morals and people's lives! Slums should not have to exist anywhere! Anonymous evaluations are filled out by individual units to a common group of appointed officials to determine any wrongdoings and regularly reviewed.
We need to upgrade laws that take away fully a Slum Lord's and Milan Properties' right to buy, sell, or manage property under any and all conditions after they prove that case after case or call after call they will not abide by the rules. Their DRE or (Department of Real Estate Licences) be revoked, their business licences revoked under any hidden LLC or business name. There can be no loopholes for long unreasonable neglect of premises because of the risks or dangers it poses.
A fine is based on each apartment unit complaining that is each person has a right to withhold rent, sue, and collect for emotional distress, illness related to apartment negligence, and a right to press criminal charges against the owner/Slum Lord or manager responsible for the property based on uninhabitable conditions and breach of leasing agreements or violating Fire Dept., Housing Authority laws, and Health Dept. rules. It is not a Civil Matter it is a Criminal matter regarding Slumlords and that Slumlords are arrestable by the local police authorities and not released on bail if a death occurs due to a Slumlord's negligence or an attempt at murder by depriving renters of their tenant rights. At all times these laws are upheld in each State and County and no individual judge or commissioner can be bought off, paid off the backend, or sympathize with the Slum Lord in question based on family relations, bias against racial minorities or those of a lower or middle class income or secret friendships. That there be no more loophole for a slumlords anywhere to seep through the cracks of justice. All loopholes abolished and leniency no more! The war on slumlords is on. Those lacking laws that consistently allow for Slumlords to rule entire cities and blocks, support politicians running for office and stay in charge of diminishing the quality of a country be abolished now. There should be no loopholes for these treacherous vermon any longer.
That in the case of death or illness connected with Slum Lord abuses such as negligence, terror and scare tacticts that the Slum Lord is charged and imprisoned. The law must upgrade legislation that allows for murder, mayhem, assault, and/or manslaughter charges if their victims die or become victims. Legistlation must be upgraded to include fines, and terms instituted to typical hard criminals. No more sweeping these types of death threats under the carpet. People have died and been hospitalized because of Slum Lords including Milan Properties. This includes Milan Properties Inc. who have allegedly caused the death of an elder tenant and the illnesses of tenants.
Let's also establish a charge to building owners so that potential renters can know the history of complaints about a building they are thinking of renting. Renters are known to charge fees associated with credit checks at times and sometimes to morose amounts of money. Some make insurmountable profits by charging fees to apply for an apartment while hiding the fact that they do not have a sincere intention to rent the apartment in question. Some Slumlords charge hundreds of people per day for the same apartment. A renter has a right to know the court cases and charges on a Landlord and to know the last housing and health department inspection. A renter has a right to know if the building is painted with lead and see the reports about it. A renter has a right to know who is managing the building and if they are fully licensed. A renter has a right to know if the building has health code and housing authority violations already written up about the building. A renter has a right to know if their unit is legally registered. Renters need to charge a research fee to Landlords to check those records and a standard for checking should be implemented where as a renter is given full and easy access to the history and current state of a building and their unit in question. The court records need to also pinpoint all and any cases although with various business names with a system that points out to a renter what sort of record and history a Landlord has with renters and the court complaints filed against them. A renter has a right to know these issues at hand.
Sign the petition and let's tell them to stop Slum Lords from perpetrating more crimes and to be held accountable. Please also print out this petition to show your individual Housing Authority officials, your health department officals, individual lawyers, judges, commissioners, police, fire department officals in your area for this petition belongs to the people. Victims of slumlords from allover have the right to use this petition for any and all just causes now and in the future.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH AN ISSUE PLEASE RESPOND TO RENTER'S UNION WITH YOUR E-MAIL AND REASON. If you are having a health issue, a building and safety issue in your area please immediately contact your local building and safety division or health department to arrange and schedual an inspection. If you are being threatened by your landlord please contact your local police department and file an immediate complaint. If you can afford an attorney please consult and hire an attorney. Look up in your area if you can get free legal advise. There are some free legal help offices that help victims of abusive landlords. Please feel free to print out this petition and bring it to court with you. If you are having a problem with a judge or commissioner please refer to the local judicial review board and fill out then file a formal complaint. Any judge who supports Slumlording or Careless Landlording is in violation of County and State laws.
If interested in volunteering with us please respond to the Renter's Union with your email address and as to what capacity you are willing to help with this issue. We fully welcome lawyers, students, and idea people to get America cleaned up of its slums. Letter writing campaigners are also welcome.
If you are new to renting please do not hesitate to ask the landlord in question for a paper file of his/her complete history on the building at hand including all Dept of building and safety issues, all health dept issues, and a court record of evictions, complaints, and reasons for those complaints. You may offset your credit charge fee by asking for a fee in return if you are forced to research their files on your own. You may call your local Department of Building and Safety and ask for information on the building you are interested in renting a unit from. You may possibly be able to find information about a building online. You have a right to hire your own personal inspector before renting your own unit and make an agreement with your landlord that if issues are found wrong prior to signing a lease or moving in that the landlord not only picks up the inspector's fee but fixes all these issues before completing a final leasing agreement. Make all your agreements in writing and never trust the word of a landlord what soever. Get everything in writing.
For more recourse or information please call your local Housing Authority.
If you are having lead and asbestos problems in your building please contact the local Health Dept for more telephone numbers and contact information for individuals handling the asbestos and lead problems at certain buildings. By law a landlord has to warn you with an official booklet about any led problem in your building so you can make an informed decision when renting. Not disclosing the truth about a building is a violation to the Department of Real Estate laws if your landlord is in the Real Estate practice or a broker. Yet if your landlord is just a private owner this landlord when and if does not in fact disclose the truth about the building conditions and those conditions are already known can be pursued for deceit and fraud.
If there is no manager in your building and you have 16 Units or more please contact the local fire dept. to file a formal complaint if you are in California. Please check your local housing code laws in your State or area to confirm any and all rules.
Keep a record of all your rental stubs, copies of letters of complaints to landlords, dates of phone calls, copies of medical records and bills together always. Make copies wherever possible. Never pay a landlord in cash. Please try to make your complaints to fix issues to your landlord in writing by certified mail or by process server for a paper record of your requests to fix an issue in your building. You can make calls and pull up phone records as well. Check with your local ordinances in your area to determine the laws and amounts of what you can withold from a landlord if they don't resolve an issue in a reasonable amount of time. Some States these laws may vary. Please try to have it written in your leasing contract a clause stating "that if in within a reasonable amount of time a code violation isn't fixed that you have a right to withold full rent" You may state a reasonable time frame. It is usually overnight or within a few days that emergencies need to be addressed by a landlord or issues that are health and safety issues. It may take up to two weeks. Make an agreeement with your landlord in writing. This will eliminate the illegal collecting of rents from buildings that are uninhabitable.
Please contact your local legislative heads in writing, by phone, and by e-mail and tell them about this online petition. Tell them WE DEMAND CHANGE and upgrading of legislation that would protect renter's from unscrupulous landlords.
You do have a right by law to withold rent from the landlord if within a reasonable amount of time uninhabitable issues have not been fixed yet counties do not always uphold these laws. Usually if not often "reasonable amount of time" to unscrupulous landlords means "never" or "next year". You may not know your health or safety is at stake so check online or with your local Housing Authority office. Sometimes unscrupulous unfair landlords will try to evict you if rent is not paid even if your building is in shambles with 100 code violations. You also have a right to fix the problem yourself and withhold that amount of rent up to $500.00 in CA. Keep receipts. REAP is also available which sometimes helps upgrade Slumlord Buildings. If landlord inflicts retaliatary eviction you will need to in turn sue the landlord for wrongfull eviction in small claims court. Small claims court or Superior Court if amount is higher than $7,500.00. Small claims are available to tenants and allows up to $7,500.00.
Please don't hesitate to contact attorneys in your area because you may have recourse for damages, moving expenses, and other claims depending on individual cases. There may be contingency attornies available for your case whereas they don't charge you fees up front but only collect their fees if they win your case. Make sure their contracts state these facts.
Slumlords are usually extremely wealthy companies, corporations or individuals that obtained success through the abuse of the system and the right's of renters. Slumlords usually if not always do in fact have and own the funds to maintain their properties and uphold renter's rights but find that profiteering is more desireable. Rarely does the City itself inflict Slumlording but yes it has been known to.
You may call your local City Attorney if you find that your rights are violated and those of others which who can also bring criminal claims against an irresponsible Landlord. These City Officials are very very busy and because of the rising of the Slumlord rates there isn't always enough time spent to collect and gather information or evidence.
You may also gather up other renters if you find that you are commonly violated and place a class action suit against a slumlord. It is legal in the United States to peacefully protest and picket, write & sign petitions, and call on Congressional leaders to change the system and upgrade legislation or write new legislation. Slumlords may try to stop you or use scare tacticts. Note these tacticts, take photos - videos wherever possible, keep copies of statements of other renters and relay all information to City official or authority you feel may be able to help resolve your issue. If you need witness protection from a volatile or hostile landlord please contact your local police department and ask for "witness protection".
Check online and look up Megan's List if someone is expected of being a pedophile for any pedophile living in your building. If you have children you will need to check the laws in your area.
Slumlords will try to usually blame renters for the infestation of rodents in their buildings. Don't allow this. Infestation, rodents, bugs, and roaches live inside the walls of your building and were most likely there long before you rented. Spraying individual units never resolves the issue either because the entire building needs to be fully fumigated and worked on. Slumlords never take the right course of action fully when it comes to the proper fumigation of entire buildings. Roaches and the like carry numerous diseases and the feces left by roaches oftentime get into the food supply or dishware. It's not a fact the slumlords only exist in low cost buildings. It is a fact that slumlords oftentime charge the same high rents as clean well maintained buildings but often ignore the stringent credit rules applied to established credit holders so if you have gone bankrupt, are a disabled vet, are disabled, a young person just out of school with no credit, have had a forclorsure, have no credit cards or established credit, are a student of university or college, are a single mother with no credit, are a fairly new citizen with no established credit, are an x con, a reformed x con, a minority, a senior, and unworking on social security you are subject to having to rent from an unscrupulous landlord who takes advantage of your lack of high scoring credit and forces you to endure slumlord crimes because many landlords require a score of 7 on your credit file before they rent to you in buildings that charge the same rent as a slumlord.
Contact the News about your problem. Send a video to CNN. Do your own I Report video and log. Call or contact your local television news, radio news station, or even International News. You do have a right to truthful reporting. Create a petition for your own building if you like. You have every constitutional right to. Start your own blog roll. You have a right to freedom of speech. Start a public picket line outside your slumlord building. Invite the press. Organize renter's meetings and keep minutes or notes of those meetings. Videotape those meetings if you can. Document, log, and write down the dates of code violations, snap photos to show the city officials. Contact your Councilmembers about your issue. You can find all government employees or officials online. Do a letter writing campaign. You have a right to anonymity if you feel your safety or life is danger or that of your families'. Put up your videos at any public site of the slum conditions of your building. You do have that constitutional and legal right. Contact other renters in the same conditions and ban together. Collectively it is possible to wipe out Slumlording.
Educating yourself with knowledge will help prevent you from having to live with or endure the powers held by current day slumlords who are many. Thou Shalt Not Fear! Claim your rights to live up to par in America now!
WITH THE SUPPORT OF DIANE FEINSTEIN - SENATOR CALIFORNIA
Please include your name and email if you need us to write you a letter of support to the local housing authority, department of building and safety, courtroom, commissioner, judge. The more pressure the people put on the system the more chances you will have of obtaining your right to live in a safe and habitable apartment or home. Please keep a track of all letters, dates, emails concerning your housing problem by chance you have to attend a court session or be a witness for an abused tenant. Please use your camera phones to help your neighbors if you see crimes, conditions of the building or unit, and hear statements that are illegal made to frighten renters. Remember retaliation eviction is illegal yet many careless landlords, slumlords or unethical rental owners gotten away with this crime in court. Many renters feel intimidated by landlords and are afraid to make complaints to them or the system. If you would like a letter be made for a court case please ensure that we have the correct details of your problem. Please make every effort to make complaints to your local housing authority, department of building and safety, for roach & pest problems to the local health department, asbestos problems, pool problems, make calls to and ask questions to the Health Department in your area. Remember ask questions if you need to. Make appointments with those inspectors inside these departments so they can make a report to your landlord. Your landlord has to fix these problems by law within a reasonable amount of time. If they don't they can have the building taken over by the City but this is not a common practice due to the lowgrade controls on the current day system. If you are on section 8 and your landlord is getting paid you have just as much right to a safe, habitable unit or home as any other citizen. Please write to Congress or representative in your area or State and ask them to take away owner's rights from careless landlords and slumlords once and for all. Tell them about this public petition and need for justice. Please leave any contact information as well in the comment section at your will if you are seeking help. Always take photos and/or videos of your unit prior to moving in and when you move out of your unit. Use a date stamp. Get reputable witnesses, neighbors, family to view the condition of your unit after moving and prior to moving in. Slumlords are reknonw for frauding the insurance departments and make billions of dollars of false claims claiming property damage. Most prevalent is the fact that slumlords usually have no property damage or hire illegal workers to do some demolishing after a renter leaves and sometimes place the blame on the renter. Irresponsible landlords then file claims collecting large sums of money for property damages which most often surpasses even the amount of any sort of fixture with new materials. Use a newspaper stamp with the dates in your photos and videos and/or a live internet date taping.
"Slum Lords are vile criminals whose only aim is greed. These are accounts of just a few victims who fell prey to notorious Slumlords paying luxury apartment rent to only be robbed of their security, peace of mind, health, well being, and credit destroyed by these villains."
One renter stated: "I was a victim of a well known Slum Lord in California named Milan Properties Inc.These treacherous criminal minded owners bought and ran buildings and ran them to the ground while collecting overpriced rents from victims under illegal rental leases. While these slum lords raked in millions of dollars in profits, owned multi million dollar houses and buildings themselves they deprived and terrorized tenants of all health and safety rules that they deserve keeping the buildings infested with roaches, termites, spiders with no manager in buildings that require management. Milan kept up faulty wiring, lack of gate secure latches, had no call box outside, and advertised that they were renting a security building. The two head owners named Amy Rubenstein and Milan Puscovic aka Milan Rubenstein a married couple unscrupulously robbed all of their renters of tenant rights while bypassing the county and State rules and laws almost every time." Another source stated: "Milan Properties unscrupulously lured investors into investment schemes while frauding those investors and hiding profits under various LLCs and promising to manage those buildings while not managing them. Finally some of those investors wised up and sued them for fraud and deceit besides other charges."
A representative stated: "Under the Fire Dept rules all buildings with a good sized number of units needs an on site manager at all times which they didn't do. They used one witness and forced her to take on the job of property manager and whereas she was a renter and paid full rent because the Rubensteins didn't want to pay for a manager or go by the basic laws. They kept false sign up in front of the building stating that her unit was the managers and forcing this renter into involuntary servitute or "slavery" while under lease and paying overpriced rent for the unit. They promised to remove this professional sign but refused. Yet in her lease she signed an agreement based on deception that she wouldn't tamper with the property. She was forced slaved labored for Milan Properties for almost a year while ill and after being in the hospital twice due to their negligence under duress without being paid or in agreement to such a contract. Surrounding building owners came complaining to her about the Milan building which was unkept, building up flies and filth, and the smell passed on to the next door buildings. Renters came to her knocking on her door day and night to see the properties. She asked the owners over and over again to remove the sign but Milan refused. After purchasing the property Milan Properties building didn't have a manager onsite leaving the residents in dangerous circumstances including women, children, and disabled rent payers. This left the building in danger for no one was put in charge of turning off the gas lines and water lines in the event of an Earthquake which California is known for. They refused to tell the renters that their units are infested with roaches and termites and they do not fumigate the buildings before they move in not disclosing the aweful truths and dangers of their buildings. This was nondisclosure of material facts to the contractees required by the DRE. In one of their buildings they used an old outdated gate system which closed and smashed into a tenant one day. After moving in they found out the gate was constanty broken down. This same gate system smashed and closed into another tenant's body. The gate smashed electronically on their car damaging the car and causing injuries. They refused to officially fix this problem. They also used a torture tactic of evicting her while promising to pay for the damages. They then sent her a false bill stating that she owed them thousands of dollars for their personal use without cause or reason. They continued to threaten her and stalk her and accused her of calling the Health Dept as if she was guilty of anything. The hospital bills as of yet have not been paid and they evicted her as a torture tactic ruining her credit, lying in court, after they forced her to endure a year of illness from the neglect of their unit, hospitalization, and some of the most horrible atrocious living and crimes she have ever witnessed to families and good citizens of all religions, faiths, colors, and creeds living under a slumlord and living on American soil. They forced seniors & the young alike to walk through pathways in the dark at night because they refused to abide by laws and put up the proper lighting in the building pathways in the common areas. Gang members gravitated towards this dark building and tried to break in, broke windows, and roamed the grounds which was not secure as advertised."
Yet another source relayed: "Milan and Amy would threaten people if they talked or told. They came around your door or would hire someone who was hostile. They yelled at people who tried to sue them and stalked them. They threatened them with eviction. They tried to just "shut people up" from telling the truth. They would send huge enourmous bills that were made up to lower income people or what it seemed like a sort of lower middle class people. They terrorized the disabled people of the building. They pretended they didn't get rent checks from people they didn't like and give them 3 day notices."
"They refused to put up lighting in thier building so at night one had to walk on broken pathways in a semi dangerous area without any light to guide them to their apartment door. Mothers and children could be seen trying to walk over pathways that were filled with potholes and broken cracks just to get to their car or apartment. This is not in par with American rules of laws although the American system mostly ignored them and allowed these slum lords to continue their abuses on people. It took 2 years for the city to ask them to even fix half of what needs fixing while people sufferred, became ill, sufferred damages in the meantime getting robbed and threatened by Milan for the high rent monies."
An anonymous source also relayed the facts: "They hired a known Megan's List Pedophile to hold the keys for all the apartments with a building with small children in it. This Megan's List Pedophile wore black leather skirts and could be heard from his window using a whip on his half his age female roomate subjecting children and tenants to these abuses. The owners were in full knowledge of events and renter's criminal history. They refused to do due diligence or efficiently manage their buildings with complaints from all of their properties. This same pedophile was given the keys to all the units and many had children living inside them without notifying the parents that a pedophile now had their private keys in which he could walk in an out of with full access! He would have parties where teens could be seen drinking. The police were called yet did nothing. Milan Properties also rented to the Megan's Pedophile listed man around the street from an elementary school. His name is Charles."
Another tenant stated: "One day I was walking my dog and their bad gate just smashed into my body! Another time it smashed into my truck while exiting! They did nothing to fix the problem and threaten me for being a victim to it!"
One tenant stated: "They breached and broke their leases, threatened people and "threw out" people who called the Health Dept and Housing Authority in retaliation. This way they could ruin someone's credit so that they cannot rent again. The courts allowed them to use retaliation eviction in my case and others fully breaking the laws of State of the inhabitable conditions. The commissioner on the case had mutual friends because his son was good freinds with the Slum Lord's leading council's son who spent time at eachother's houses. This same comissioner knowingly supported uninhabitable conditions and violated the very laws he was supposed to uphold. While retaliation eviction is fully illegal and tenants have rights the county has not fully supported its own laws."
"Another tenant of one of their buildings just passed away due to the Slum Lord Milan Properties abuses, neglect, and harrassment" a witness stated. "He was a disabled Veteran. Amy Rubenstein and Milan Puscovic were seen threatening him and harrassing him til no end. They were performing elder abuse to no end."
One Tenant Stated: "The parking spaces they promised tenants before moving in were no longer available after moving in and were so small that tenants regular had to hit eachother's cars. They wouldn't put a legal latch on the icey cold pool preventing disabled and children from entering or drowing required by law and ignored the county's requests as well as tenant complaints. The spaces were half the size required to fit properly into. The designation of spaces were all false on the leases. There was pieces of glass oftentimes inside the pool where children would try to swim & adults. Because they refused to hire a required manager to live on the premises and oversee the property this glass would sit in the pool for days, weeks, or months at a time. Everyone was afraid. People didn't even know they have rights! People were so afraid to rock the boat because of retaliation eviction and lack of moving expenses. Entire families were in tears over the neglect and abuse and the threats."
"Milan Properties promised a heated swimming pool which turned out to be an ice pool filled with filth and only cleaned when they knew about any inspection and rarely. They used faulty advertising and promised a heated swimming pool and showed me another unit when I came to rent the apartment but after I paid them in full with a large sized deposit they gave me another unit altogether in the back of the building with fixtures broken, a stairway falling apart, and my front door was broken and didn't lock correctly. When a County inspector did come by they bypassed people's individual aparments for Milan Properties never told the renters that their apartments needed by law to be inpsected. People were also afraid to complain or rock the boat due to Milan Properties Inc. high criminal code and unethical ownership. My complaints were left ignored, my problems unfixed, and the rent high. The City mostly doesn't care. The City never inspected properly either way and left things undone. In fact I know they only took a sample of units when inspecting and even bypassed my unit while I was home after a year of living there while I had all sorts of problems living upstairs including a banister and upstairs fence which was broken. In other words anyone could just fall off the second story of the building because of lack of fixtures. Although the City knew about the smashing broken gate they also didn't report it as if they were secretly paid off by the wealthy Milans of Milan Properties Inc. I'd rather stay silent right at this moment as far as court action because I know I'll get a 3 day notice, I'll never see the return of my deposit and I'll have to come up with five thousand dollars just to move."
Video revealed inside one of the Milan Properties Inc buildings that drainage problems caused floods in walkways and common areas. Videos revealed the dark corriders on dangerous pathways where there was no lighting. Photos revealed infestations of crawling roaches inside units crawling on walls, inside cabinets, and on dishes.
"They rented out illegal units that weren't registered. A very young couple rented Milan Properties Incs., illegally registered unit and the unit was flooded because of the plumbing problems. This couple's property was ruined. They were in shambles and soon learned that they were not only going to get their property fixed after the flood but that they were being thrown out. This couple didn't even know they had a right to sue. The City Official came by and told a few of us that the unit was illegally unregistered - that is it was not allowed to be rented out." Another rental source stated.
"They would threaten, use violent threats, and eviction notices on any tenant who spoke out or called their office asking for something to be fixed. Other renters who lived there and complained were of various ethnic and racial backgrounds including caucasion single folks, families with young children, mixed racial couples, latina and latino families, senior citizens, caucasion single women, those who came from out of State, and more. I saw a mother and her newborn child trying to cross over to her apartment in their flooded common area one day. It was dangerous and unlawful. At those high rental prices one would think they would upkeep the property to the T but they didn't bother with barely anything. The only time I saw the owners come by was to quiet people or warn them to keep quiet because he had investors coming by and wanted no one one to tell the truth or talk after all the owners kept changing the names as to who we were to pay the rent to. I guess this had something to do with maybe hiding monies from past investors or from other sources. They had people also sometimes paying rent into their personal accounts instead of the leased name on the agreements. No one seemed to question it all. They refused to address and fix the drainage problem inside the building. This was dangerous and humiliating."
"Mold and mildew caused a young poorer couple's children's illness and because of the roach infestation they had to rid of much of their furniture. Since their financial levels were so low and the rents so high they couldn't afford an attorney. Finding a good and I say a good Contingency Attorney is a rarity let alone a possibility. Milan Properties knows all this and would rather hire one of their own attorneys to terrorize and retaliate then to fix 100 dollars worth of lighting in the buildings or do things right by the people and the law."
Another renter stated: "I am 8 months pregnant and I just moved here! My apartment is infested with roaches. I am about to give birth. What are we supposed to do now? I can't move now being in this condition, signed a lease with Milan and now I know they will force us to have roaches in our babys bassinet while we sleep and will evict us if we complain."
"Milan Properties Inc. got tenants to pay rent checks into their personal accounts and kept changing the names of their LLCs (or make the rent check out here or there this month) to possibly avoid auditing from investors to hide the profits. Milan Properties frauded investors and lied to them about managing the buildings" an anonymous source stated.
"They continue to pursue investors at a high rate buying up buildings where they can take advantage of disabled, older folks, vets, minorities, teens who have no credit who find it hard to find an apt., and anyone who is at prey to the high cost of finding an apt in California due to the constant credit check fees at each one."
A tenant stated: "They used one of their criminal tenants to threaten my life for five months using a trained violent pit bull who came to my door having her dog threaten me and my 7 pound dog while she threatened to beat me up. They did nothing about this. I was terrorized. The police said it was a private property matter reguarding the pit bull off the leash and just spoke to her without taking any real action. The owners were in full awareness of these events and did nothing to counter onsite crimes. They also pretended I was the manager and kept a sign up against my will stating that my unit was the managers'. People knocked at my door day and night with complaints or problems. Neighboring apartment owners came to me to complain about the problems of this Milan Property which was affecting them. I asked and was told the sign would be taken down but it was not. I was paying full rent and all the time forced to slave labor for the duo against my consent. I never at any moment agreed to manage their building for them nor did anyone else for that matter. There was absolutely no manager available at this building. I was harrassed daily and at odd hours of the night. People were furious at me at times thinking I was the manager because of crimes or wrongdoings Amy Rubenstein and Milan did to them. As soon as I called Amy and Milan to fix stuff in my unit I started getting threats including a 3 day notice without cause. Renters also cried to me. Children ran to me crying terrorized and told me how Amy and Milan threatened their mommy and that they had a big pit bull with them with a huge red mark on his forehead. The children asked me if the pitbull is going to kill them and eat them."
A few renters relayed these facts: "They would raise rents while fixing nothing. Sometimes they sent over unlicensed immigrants who answered to them and not to the standard fixture laws of the State in other words they paid unlicensed immigrants to check or oversee important fixtures in the buildings that could endanger or harm tenants. This is how the electrical system was overlooked and why there were so many electrical problems most likely. They used unlicensed workers at times while nothing was actually fixed. The lights would go on and off all the time."
"They forced a disabled couple one being a nurse for the Vet's Hospital on very limited income to pay for the buiding's electricity or laundry room because it was wired wrong leaving everyone in danger. They hired and paid their own unlicensed workers to do the check on those wires. Milan Properties Inc. refused to fix the faulty electrical wiring leaving the building not only in fire hazard condition but managed to apparently con the City on this issue as well most likely fudging their own company paperwork.The County just didn't have the time to pursue all those problems nor did it care very much forcing victims to endure illegal leases and abuses quite severe. Actually the City didn't even check the electrical after they were told there is a consitent problem with it."
They own buildings spanning allover California.
Here are the statements from yet another renter: "Milan Properites wouldn't fix a broken window that wouldn't close for ten months while I rented and it caused me a viral infection whereas I had to go to hospital while still demanding rent, no apology, no concern and overpricing me on rent every month. I couldn't stand up and barely breathe because the viral infection and whereas I called and wrote to Milan Properties about the problem afterwards they ignored me and threatened me with a 3 day notice while paying overpriced luxury apartment rent to them. The housing authority finally did write a report on the mold and mildew but Mold & Mildew are known to cause serious illnesses from lung infections to breathing problems and Milan was supposed to have this problem taken care of before I moved into it. I heard complaints from other tenants about the same problem in their units. I was forced to live with the mold and mildew the entire year and had to spend time at the hospital and being ill most of that time there. They rufused to address my problem when I called them and when I did call them and demand things to be taken care of they gave me a 3 day notice to move. I was supposed to pack all my belongings and furniture something which could take 2 or 3 months to do while ill in 3 days and just move because they didn't respect the laws and just because they could.This I found out is a common known tactic used by Slumlords who terrorize and sicken unsuspecting renters at high rates all around LA today. With all the problems I found out about and falling prey to their criminal conduct I couldn't afford to fix everything myself. When I moved I repainted the apartment and made it immaculate and still Milan Properties haven't returned my deposit. This I heard from other renters also. They did similar acts to other tenants and would steal deposits that were and are rightfully the renters. They refused to respond to calls, return deposits, pay the percentage required by law back to renters on their deposits, stalked, and harrassed people who even stood up by telephone, and pretended to fully fix some things while they were not fixed what so ever only at times."
Milan Properties Inc. is an example of just some of the tacticts used by unscrupulous landlords. According to official Police sites slumlords are responsible for the blight of areas and contribute to the crime in the city.
We want to stop Milan Properties and others like them from owning and running buildings because they do not deserve that liberty of running a building nor do they upkeep laws that are held by cities. Slumlords are irresponsible and malicious while being entrusted with people's lives and well being. Entire families have endured great duress and suffering. We would like them to not pay small tiny fines that cost them a buck or two but to be sent to prison for those hideous violations and human rights violations and be held fully accountable. They take advantage of the plight of renters wherever they can luring them into illegal leases into buildings where they do not disclose the truth or uphold laws then punish people for making an issue over it. They breach leases from the get go by violating the laws that City already implemented. They are famous for disabling and taking advantage of minority groups who do not fully speak English and rob them blind charging the same rents luxury apartment owners do without any of the cleanliness, upkeep, or abiding by the laws. Often time they illegaly raise rents and if are aware of a renter's lack of knowledge make up charges that coincide with reality or fact extorting funds from innocent renters.
When a building owner buys a building and plans on housing people they need to abide by health and safety rules fully so that renters keep their health and they are kept fully safe. Tenants have a right to be and feel safe where they live. If building owners refuse to first make the property habitable before allowing citizens to rent those properties they cannot be allowed to rent and profit. We are looking foward to upgrading legislation to not allow for wealthy slumlords to slip through the cracks of justice. WE DEMAND CHANGE!
Facts were relayed: "In another case a woman's children were hurt due to Milan's negligence and corrupt enterprises and one has a heart condition. This is not fair. Not one apology has come from Milan Props Inc but threats and legal proceedings for speaking about it to others. A threat letter was sent to her for speaking about the issue and wrongdoings."
"The couple who own Milan Properties are avoiding service now inside their mansion with a gate therfore not subject to legal accountability. They know how to try to skirt a lawsuit and have fake business offices whereas they have used a business office that is in shambles and demolished with no one in it to represent their mailing address for checks."
"The list is almost endless as to whose life they have destroyed, sickness they have caused, ruined credit and the unhappiness they have caused. They use so many various business names in court houses that it is hard to follow a certain track on the court records to see if there were past problems with them."
The list seems almost endless as to the victims of Slum Lords allover the country from terrible abuses to Senior Citizens who cannot afford to move to new born babies who have to endure unsanitary, unsafe, and unhealthy conditions. Anyone can become a victim to a Slum Lord who does not disclose in the beginning the full truth about their rental properties luring one into a lease based on lack of truth forcing a person or family to endure some of the most extreme and hideous circumstances. Slum Lords continue to purchase buildings, make profits, at the cost of human life, human suffering, and violating the laws of Country and State by not maintaining their buildings so they can make large profits.
Milan Properties is currently threatening a human rights website as well for speaking about the truth. Milan Properties is trying to silence freedom of speech and pathways of regress & justice.
We have viewed public videos of slumlord buildings allover the country, have heard statements by slumlord victims, and have seen the ways and means by which they are allowed to pursue the seriousness of the crime of slumlording being ignored by authorities and tresspassing on human rights and values combined with spitting in the face of current day laws and those who uphold those laws.
Let's pass new laws that sets a much higher standard and enforces the current day laws already in place protecting citizens from the atrocities of living under a Slum Lord such as Milan Properties Inc.
Set the standard that instead of extremely low fines such as a $49.00 dollar fine for not complying with the law for a year that a fine of $50,000.00 and five to fifteen years in prison for allowing health and safety conditions to lapse what so ever! To hold the Slum Lord fully accountable for all and any sicknessess or illnesses related from asbestos problems to unsanitary conditions inside their buildings besides the fines and jail sentences. These problems are direct death threats and can be treated as thus. Causing the ill health of another human being is a crime no matter which way one looks at it. In a slumlord's case it is purposefull, ill willed, and negligent. They do have full knowledge about the problems of their buildings yet do not uphold laws or respect those renter's rights.
To set the standard straight that all buildings are tented prior to citizens moving in and fumigated correctly so that when citizens do move in they are not subject to rats, vermon, spiders, roaches, and termites. Anyone who violates this basic law is subject to five years or more in prison and a fine with punitive damages always in the renter's favor. With this basic law upheld areas are cleaned up once and for all, diseases and health costs diminished, and high cost or low cost slums or slumlording in any area get to be a thing of the past. Anger is diminished as well which diminishes violence and crime as weell as improves healthy thinking or living. By eliminating loophoels for Slumlords the Country starts to clean itself up. If a potential building owner or land owner cannot afford the costs to keep or make the property safe and fully 100% habitable then there needs to be a law barring that person, group, or business from purchasing a property. When potential building owner plans on taking lives under their care through purchasing a building which they are to rent to citizens they must prove they will abide by the codes and laws 100% before hand. If they have a court record of mistreating and evicting renters then they need to be barred from renting and any or all licenses taken away so they don't continue to ruin the country's morals and people's lives! Slums should not have to exist anywhere! Anonymous evaluations are filled out by individual units to a common group of appointed officials to determine any wrongdoings and regularly reviewed.
We need to upgrade laws that take away fully a Slum Lord's and Milan Properties' right to buy, sell, or manage property under any and all conditions after they prove that case after case or call after call they will not abide by the rules. Their DRE or (Department of Real Estate Licences) be revoked, their business licences revoked under any hidden LLC or business name. There can be no loopholes for long unreasonable neglect of premises because of the risks or dangers it poses.
A fine is based on each apartment unit complaining that is each person has a right to withhold rent, sue, and collect for emotional distress, illness related to apartment negligence, and a right to press criminal charges against the owner/Slum Lord or manager responsible for the property based on uninhabitable conditions and breach of leasing agreements or violating Fire Dept., Housing Authority laws, and Health Dept. rules. It is not a Civil Matter it is a Criminal matter regarding Slumlords and that Slumlords are arrestable by the local police authorities and not released on bail if a death occurs due to a Slumlord's negligence or an attempt at murder by depriving renters of their tenant rights. At all times these laws are upheld in each State and County and no individual judge or commissioner can be bought off, paid off the backend, or sympathize with the Slum Lord in question based on family relations, bias against racial minorities or those of a lower or middle class income or secret friendships. That there be no more loophole for a slumlords anywhere to seep through the cracks of justice. All loopholes abolished and leniency no more! The war on slumlords is on. Those lacking laws that consistently allow for Slumlords to rule entire cities and blocks, support politicians running for office and stay in charge of diminishing the quality of a country be abolished now. There should be no loopholes for these treacherous vermon any longer.
That in the case of death or illness connected with Slum Lord abuses such as negligence, terror and scare tacticts that the Slum Lord is charged and imprisoned. The law must upgrade legislation that allows for murder, mayhem, assault, and/or manslaughter charges if their victims die or become victims. Legistlation must be upgraded to include fines, and terms instituted to typical hard criminals. No more sweeping these types of death threats under the carpet. People have died and been hospitalized because of Slum Lords including Milan Properties. This includes Milan Properties Inc. who have allegedly caused the death of an elder tenant and the illnesses of tenants.
Let's also establish a charge to building owners so that potential renters can know the history of complaints about a building they are thinking of renting. Renters are known to charge fees associated with credit checks at times and sometimes to morose amounts of money. Some make insurmountable profits by charging fees to apply for an apartment while hiding the fact that they do not have a sincere intention to rent the apartment in question. Some Slumlords charge hundreds of people per day for the same apartment. A renter has a right to know the court cases and charges on a Landlord and to know the last housing and health department inspection. A renter has a right to know if the building is painted with lead and see the reports about it. A renter has a right to know who is managing the building and if they are fully licensed. A renter has a right to know if the building has health code and housing authority violations already written up about the building. A renter has a right to know if their unit is legally registered. Renters need to charge a research fee to Landlords to check those records and a standard for checking should be implemented where as a renter is given full and easy access to the history and current state of a building and their unit in question. The court records need to also pinpoint all and any cases although with various business names with a system that points out to a renter what sort of record and history a Landlord has with renters and the court complaints filed against them. A renter has a right to know these issues at hand.
Sign the petition and let's tell them to stop Slum Lords from perpetrating more crimes and to be held accountable. Please also print out this petition to show your individual Housing Authority officials, your health department officals, individual lawyers, judges, commissioners, police, fire department officals in your area for this petition belongs to the people. Victims of slumlords from allover have the right to use this petition for any and all just causes now and in the future.
IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH AN ISSUE PLEASE RESPOND TO RENTER'S UNION WITH YOUR E-MAIL AND REASON. If you are having a health issue, a building and safety issue in your area please immediately contact your local building and safety division or health department to arrange and schedual an inspection. If you are being threatened by your landlord please contact your local police department and file an immediate complaint. If you can afford an attorney please consult and hire an attorney. Look up in your area if you can get free legal advise. There are some free legal help offices that help victims of abusive landlords. Please feel free to print out this petition and bring it to court with you. If you are having a problem with a judge or commissioner please refer to the local judicial review board and fill out then file a formal complaint. Any judge who supports Slumlording or Careless Landlording is in violation of County and State laws.
If interested in volunteering with us please respond to the Renter's Union with your email address and as to what capacity you are willing to help with this issue. We fully welcome lawyers, students, and idea people to get America cleaned up of its slums. Letter writing campaigners are also welcome.
If you are new to renting please do not hesitate to ask the landlord in question for a paper file of his/her complete history on the building at hand including all Dept of building and safety issues, all health dept issues, and a court record of evictions, complaints, and reasons for those complaints. You may offset your credit charge fee by asking for a fee in return if you are forced to research their files on your own. You may call your local Department of Building and Safety and ask for information on the building you are interested in renting a unit from. You may possibly be able to find information about a building online. You have a right to hire your own personal inspector before renting your own unit and make an agreement with your landlord that if issues are found wrong prior to signing a lease or moving in that the landlord not only picks up the inspector's fee but fixes all these issues before completing a final leasing agreement. Make all your agreements in writing and never trust the word of a landlord what soever. Get everything in writing.
For more recourse or information please call your local Housing Authority.
If you are having lead and asbestos problems in your building please contact the local Health Dept for more telephone numbers and contact information for individuals handling the asbestos and lead problems at certain buildings. By law a landlord has to warn you with an official booklet about any led problem in your building so you can make an informed decision when renting. Not disclosing the truth about a building is a violation to the Department of Real Estate laws if your landlord is in the Real Estate practice or a broker. Yet if your landlord is just a private owner this landlord when and if does not in fact disclose the truth about the building conditions and those conditions are already known can be pursued for deceit and fraud.
If there is no manager in your building and you have 16 Units or more please contact the local fire dept. to file a formal complaint if you are in California. Please check your local housing code laws in your State or area to confirm any and all rules.
Keep a record of all your rental stubs, copies of letters of complaints to landlords, dates of phone calls, copies of medical records and bills together always. Make copies wherever possible. Never pay a landlord in cash. Please try to make your complaints to fix issues to your landlord in writing by certified mail or by process server for a paper record of your requests to fix an issue in your building. You can make calls and pull up phone records as well. Check with your local ordinances in your area to determine the laws and amounts of what you can withold from a landlord if they don't resolve an issue in a reasonable amount of time. Some States these laws may vary. Please try to have it written in your leasing contract a clause stating "that if in within a reasonable amount of time a code violation isn't fixed that you have a right to withold full rent" You may state a reasonable time frame. It is usually overnight or within a few days that emergencies need to be addressed by a landlord or issues that are health and safety issues. It may take up to two weeks. Make an agreeement with your landlord in writing. This will eliminate the illegal collecting of rents from buildings that are uninhabitable.
Please contact your local legislative heads in writing, by phone, and by e-mail and tell them about this online petition. Tell them WE DEMAND CHANGE and upgrading of legislation that would protect renter's from unscrupulous landlords.
You do have a right by law to withold rent from the landlord if within a reasonable amount of time uninhabitable issues have not been fixed yet counties do not always uphold these laws. Usually if not often "reasonable amount of time" to unscrupulous landlords means "never" or "next year". You may not know your health or safety is at stake so check online or with your local Housing Authority office. Sometimes unscrupulous unfair landlords will try to evict you if rent is not paid even if your building is in shambles with 100 code violations. You also have a right to fix the problem yourself and withhold that amount of rent up to $500.00 in CA. Keep receipts. REAP is also available which sometimes helps upgrade Slumlord Buildings. If landlord inflicts retaliatary eviction you will need to in turn sue the landlord for wrongfull eviction in small claims court. Small claims court or Superior Court if amount is higher than $7,500.00. Small claims are available to tenants and allows up to $7,500.00.
Please don't hesitate to contact attorneys in your area because you may have recourse for damages, moving expenses, and other claims depending on individual cases. There may be contingency attornies available for your case whereas they don't charge you fees up front but only collect their fees if they win your case. Make sure their contracts state these facts.
Slumlords are usually extremely wealthy companies, corporations or individuals that obtained success through the abuse of the system and the right's of renters. Slumlords usually if not always do in fact have and own the funds to maintain their properties and uphold renter's rights but find that profiteering is more desireable. Rarely does the City itself inflict Slumlording but yes it has been known to.
You may call your local City Attorney if you find that your rights are violated and those of others which who can also bring criminal claims against an irresponsible Landlord. These City Officials are very very busy and because of the rising of the Slumlord rates there isn't always enough time spent to collect and gather information or evidence.
You may also gather up other renters if you find that you are commonly violated and place a class action suit against a slumlord. It is legal in the United States to peacefully protest and picket, write & sign petitions, and call on Congressional leaders to change the system and upgrade legislation or write new legislation. Slumlords may try to stop you or use scare tacticts. Note these tacticts, take photos - videos wherever possible, keep copies of statements of other renters and relay all information to City official or authority you feel may be able to help resolve your issue. If you need witness protection from a volatile or hostile landlord please contact your local police department and ask for "witness protection".
Check online and look up Megan's List if someone is expected of being a pedophile for any pedophile living in your building. If you have children you will need to check the laws in your area.
Slumlords will try to usually blame renters for the infestation of rodents in their buildings. Don't allow this. Infestation, rodents, bugs, and roaches live inside the walls of your building and were most likely there long before you rented. Spraying individual units never resolves the issue either because the entire building needs to be fully fumigated and worked on. Slumlords never take the right course of action fully when it comes to the proper fumigation of entire buildings. Roaches and the like carry numerous diseases and the feces left by roaches oftentime get into the food supply or dishware. It's not a fact the slumlords only exist in low cost buildings. It is a fact that slumlords oftentime charge the same high rents as clean well maintained buildings but often ignore the stringent credit rules applied to established credit holders so if you have gone bankrupt, are a disabled vet, are disabled, a young person just out of school with no credit, have had a forclorsure, have no credit cards or established credit, are a student of university or college, are a single mother with no credit, are a fairly new citizen with no established credit, are an x con, a reformed x con, a minority, a senior, and unworking on social security you are subject to having to rent from an unscrupulous landlord who takes advantage of your lack of high scoring credit and forces you to endure slumlord crimes because many landlords require a score of 7 on your credit file before they rent to you in buildings that charge the same rent as a slumlord.
Contact the News about your problem. Send a video to CNN. Do your own I Report video and log. Call or contact your local television news, radio news station, or even International News. You do have a right to truthful reporting. Create a petition for your own building if you like. You have every constitutional right to. Start your own blog roll. You have a right to freedom of speech. Start a public picket line outside your slumlord building. Invite the press. Organize renter's meetings and keep minutes or notes of those meetings. Videotape those meetings if you can. Document, log, and write down the dates of code violations, snap photos to show the city officials. Contact your Councilmembers about your issue. You can find all government employees or officials online. Do a letter writing campaign. You have a right to anonymity if you feel your safety or life is danger or that of your families'. Put up your videos at any public site of the slum conditions of your building. You do have that constitutional and legal right. Contact other renters in the same conditions and ban together. Collectively it is possible to wipe out Slumlording.
Educating yourself with knowledge will help prevent you from having to live with or endure the powers held by current day slumlords who are many. Thou Shalt Not Fear! Claim your rights to live up to par in America now!
WITH THE SUPPORT OF DIANE FEINSTEIN - SENATOR CALIFORNIA
We signed the "STOP SLUMLORDS FROM PERPETRATING CRIMES TO VICTIMS" petition!
# 902:
12:57 am PST, Nov 20,Name not displayed, Missouri
My story is a long one, and best left to just allowing you to see for yourself. http://moldylandlord.blogspot.com
I feel let down by my government. I feel like I can't count on the people I voted for to protect me. I feel like America has become more about taking care of the rich and ignoring the poor or middle class. I feel like this man has ruined my family's life and should be in jail.
# 901:
6:13 am PST, Nov 15,Name not displayed, Florida
I am a section 8 tenant, who "ported out" from CO and into FL to attend The University of Tampa. I had an annual inspection, and the garbage disposal was broken. (I had requested my that landlord fix it previously). When Housing Authority did a re-inspection, the garbage disposal had still not been fixed. Tampa Housing Authority put my landlord in abatement.. The landlord turned around and sued ME for Housing Authority's portion, (my portion of rent was paid) AND THEY LET HIM SUE ME, ALL THE WHILE WITHHOLDING MY VOUCHER, saying this slumlord needed to sign paperwork to release me!!! I couldn't move without the voucher, and they all knew it. It was like being held hostage. UNREAL!!! This NEVER would have happened in Colorado. I got an attorney through the Bay Area Legal Services in Hillsborough County-- he (the lawyer) asked me out on a date, and made several suggestive comments...! I went to court on a Wed, STRANGELY got my voucher released to me two hours after court.. (Hmm). I moved out that Friday, and the judge ruled against me on the eviction on the following Monday!! How could a judge rule against me when I had already moved out?? The Housing Authority KNEW what was going on with this landlord. He taunted me, obsessively texted me, and repeatedly called me when I was in class, and at work. The police told me it was a civil matter (landlord/tenant), and they couldn't do anything. (WHAT??!) If the landlord couldn't reach me, he would send a neighbor to my door ON THIS NEIGHBOR'S PHONE to talk to me! Having been harassed by the landlord, (who had also made suggestive comments to me) sexually harassed by my lawyer, sued for Housing's portion (by FL law, THEY were in contract with the landlord, not me, as my lease was up for renewal), evicted, dragged through court, and losing my job (due to this situation) I have now also lost all of my scholarships, pell grant, FRAG, and other school monies, due to the stress of all of this. (Who could study when they are about to be homeless??)And the worst part is: I can't port back to CO with an eviction on my record!! Tampa Housing counselors have refused to see me, blatantly been "no-shows" at appts. and not returned phone calls, or responded to my emails.. Something is VERY wrong here. It's ruined the life I was trying to build by attending college--- trying to get OFF the system!!! This man needs to be stopped from treating women this way... So does the pro bono lawyer, and Housing Authority. I have borrowed SO much money in student loans trying to better myself. And I intend to see to it that people like this be stopped. I have lost everything. I am at a loss; with no advocacy... I am sure I'm simply "water-cooler" talk by now. I think I have some major lawsuits here. If anyone can help me, please let me know.. Thank you.
# 900:
6:02 am PST, Nov 12,Name not displayed, South Carolina
# 899:
8:59 am PST, Nov 9,Name not displayed, Illinois
Tower Crossing S.C. owned by Ed Napleton Auto Group -- over a decade old sewerage leak never disclosed -- as a commercial tenant, staff sufferrd fr mold symptoms of mold toxicity by chronic exposure: Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus and Stachybotrys found by Ind. Hyg. and Lab. hired by tenant.
Landlord advised of mold, and did nothing.
City of Naperville (IL) advised of mold, and did nothing.
DuPage Cnty Health Dept advised of mold, and did nothing.
IL EPA advised of mold, and did nothing.
No help anywhere.
Business forced to close 2005 displacing 10 workers.
Whether residential / commercial / industrial, all the same: Mold-lord = Slumlord.
# 898:
6:30 am PST, Nov 8,Denise Sajovie, Arizona
HELP please I am a signal mother with 1 child a daughter and 2 dogs and 1 cat and I just rented a home from a man who didnt disclose to me that his property I was renting has a rat infestation problem. I gave him the amount he requested from me to rent his home on 11/3/09 paid the full month. When we took our first load to the new home to move in and discovered rat feses all over the place under the carpet and in cabinates under the sinks every where we even found some that were under cabinents that where half alive but still able to hiss at us when we opened the doors of that cabinet. I then found more babies in the some matter i had a friend brave emought to get them out of the house but i know there is still more we hear them in the walls and in the attic. i called the land lord that same day and told him of this and explained to him that i will not move in until he has the house extermated he said okay he will call around to see who will give him the best price, He finally called me back on saturday the 11/7/09 to info me that a professional extermater company told him to get a divice that will drive them away with sound waves, I asked him what company told him that and he refuesed to give the name. I then told him that i would have 3 different companys come out sunday the 8th and monday the 9th to give me an est and that if he wouldnt have it handled by one of the that i would want my money back. DO i have the right to damand this of him or do I have to live in these kind of conditions please help what rights do i have and who can help me with in matter i need something done asap I have payed this man for the full month of !!/09 and i havent been able to move in because of the health and fear of being attacked by them at any time. they are very very aggressive and i fear for my dogs and child and cat. I feel that he miss lead me because of the sisition that i found my shelf in he didnt tell me that he had a rat problem he hide any of these signes from me when we saw the home, before i handed him the full amount of rent he wanted for us to move in. because if i knew that there is a rat issue i would of never agreed to rent his home. any help is appericated thxs again,
# 897:
2:30 pm PST, Nov 1,Anthony Munar, California
# 896:
10:35 am PDT, Oct 26,Sherrill Atherton, Oregon
# 894:
5:10 pm PDT, Oct 20,Name not displayed, Louisiana
i live in an apt complex in Lafayette Parish and there are several units with proof of not only mold, but black mold, and the property managers continue to ignore us. I want someone to do SOMETHING about it! Our children are on breathing treatments and my daughter is diagnosed allergic to mold by her allergist. Her skin is starting to turn a lemon-lime color. I am so angry and frustrated...
# 893:
10:32 am PDT, Oct 12,Teresa McCormick, Washington
The lid has been blown on Corporate Corruption instigating the cover-up of Human Health Effects in Relationship to Mold. It has permeated to the courtrooms of our nation and to the backdoor of government officials withour the knowledge of the general public. It is time for this to stop our future is at stake.
# 892:
1:32 pm PDT, Oct 8,Donna DiBernardo, California
I just saw a part of my story at this address; affiliate.kickapps.com/_Slumlord-inPV/blog/271345/74885.html
# 891:
7:40 pm PDT, Oct 3,Jason Leishman, Utah
Jason William Leishman
# 890:
2:09 pm PDT, Sep 18,Stacey Monson, Utah
I am so frustrated with the fact that the Davis County Housing Authority can continue to rent these mold rotten apartments knowing for some 20 years about the problem. Not to mention recently the stagnant water due to clogged storm drains produced some life form I have never seen in my 37 years I will assume parasites and millions of them wiggling in the sitting water that had been there over a week. They powerwashed them up onto the grass all of them The grass where all our children play everyday.
How can they get away with poisoning children for 20 years? Tell me someone please why no one will do a thing. I've called everyone its like an unspoken law that if the apartments are owned by the actual housing authority they are exempt from all the standards they make other owners abide by. Is the rent from 28 apartments really worth the future health of innocent little lives. Yes there needs to be clear and precise laws to stop this greed.
# 889:
11:27 pm PDT, Sep 16,Diane Felci, New Jersey
MY friend and I have mold in our apartment and the local, county and state depts. will not help us! We are getting sick!!!! We live in roosevelt gardens in lodi nj
# 888:
2:08 am PDT, Sep 16,Maryanne Leuschner, Indiana
I am signing this petition cause I moved into an apartment which is half of a house, and since the day I moved in after finding out the landlord or owner lives in Oregon and has never even set foot on this property. I have started to have nothing but problems. the heating and cooling system is not set up properly. the cool air from the central air unit does not have a way to go to the upper part of the house, nor does the heat unless it just naturally rises, you can not even open the windows in the summer or spring time to cool things off because their are no screens, they moved a tenant into the back part of the house and now I have had a severe leakage in my basement that seemed to come from my bathtub, when you flushed the toliet it was sounding like the sewer line was backed up into the kitchen sink. as well I now have a severe cockroach investation and I have contacted the rental property management company which the owner is working with and they said to me they had to check to see if the pest control was my responiblity or theirs and said they would get back to me and never have. granted I refused to pay the rent this month until this matter is dealt with and they are threatening to evict me. as for the screens they told me to call them in March or Febuary and they would have one screen put in each room then. as they said the summer is over there is no need for them now. How is it that these slumlords or should we say gold diggers can get away with this and make it to where they spend nothing it is all placed on the tenants head.
# 887:
5:00 am PDT, Sep 15,Syreeta Batiste, California
# 886:
9:39 am PDT, Sep 14,Cindy Duhaime, California
No One should live like this!
# 885:
11:53 pm PDT, Sep 12,Name not displayed, California
I am a victim of a slum landlord in El Segundo CA. He ignored my health complaints then gave me an eviction notice after I reported him to the health dept. I am so sick from TOXIC MOLD exposure that I have not immune system and have to undergo monthly IVIG (Immuglobin Blood Transfusions) for the rest of my life which take 8 hours. Please STOP SLUMLORDS and pass this law I BEG YOU PLEASE!!!
Thank you for your time and I pray that you will listen to all that have signed this petition.
# 884:
4:55 am PDT, Sep 11,Carol Sanchez, South Carolina
i have lived in my apt for over a year, when i first moved in i had to call the local tv station to get a stove that had caught on fire and moved from another apt to my to be removed. at the time i explained no windows open no back door 1 way in and out. when i threatened to move i was told i couldn't break my lease. birds come in thru my cieling calling code enforcement does no good they take my rent every month and fix nothing WHAT can be done?
# 883:
5:22 pm PDT, Sep 8,Dana Nelson, California
HI my name is Dana Nelson and i need help filing on a slumlord. I have been living here at 10943 Aztec lane #A Adelanto Ca 92301about 2months. and the place is a mess inside and out. the owner dont do anything in this apartment. Im here because i cant afford any thing else.I have kids and i cant live like this my toilt leakes i have to use a bucket my kitchen sink is linking my dish washer smell likes sewer when you use it they would not clean my carpet. when i moved in and it was a mess big red spots in it. it need to bee replaced. and the out side is really bad the kids cant go out and play because of the mess. i really need to talk to some one please i need help.i have never live lke this before.
# 882:
6:38 am PDT, Sep 4,Karen King, California
# 881:
6:56 pm PDT, Sep 1,Minerva pomales Pomales, New York
# 880:
8:44 am PDT, Aug 28,Bnjamin anthony john Astorga, Missouri
I had no heat in winter when summer came no air for i mo the gas company red tags the gas meters and landlord takes them off and my tub recently was so stoped up i couldent use itfor several weeks numerous calls were made from me my neighbors and complex next to us ownes by tod and cindy bias i was a little behind in rent but nothing was getting fixed they either didnt answer phone or said they would come out and didnt 2 nights ago my kitchen caught fire electrical I have a 2 yr old girl and one one the way the land lord tol me because i wasnt caught up on rent it was my responsability for the fire and is now going to evict me my mom took several pictures and sent them to the code inspector the inspector found 29 violations and the boy who lived next door wos stove was red taged not to use due to gas leaks was informed by the landlord not to let codes officer in and then told him he was a painin his ass dont ever rent from theese people there tennent turn arround is 3-4 mo oh and now a bug infestation has began I work I am only 19 yrs old and I am trying to better my life and that of my family it is hard enough to make it on your own without people like these land lords kicking dirt in our face let them live in these apartments for a while insted of there ritzy homes off the money of hard working people they move you in 1st last and deposit 4mo laterevict and they do it again no womnder they live in nice places any sugestions would be helpfull BEN
# 879:
6:05 am PDT, Aug 22,Nicole Samedi, New York
my baby fell from 3 storie window and was remover from my care.now im facing eviction because lanlord is being sued in supren court for refusing to put put window gaurd in corectly.he was asked befor and after the accident and still refused.
# 878:
12:14 pm PDT, Aug 21,Anthony Montiero, California
broke back,hips,wareing a cath bag,14 major surgerys and a massive tumom in spine,Lindsey rentals-metro sheet metal and air n heat,My wife and 3 children,We had no power to rear of home,couldn't cook on stove,couldn't get walker past the carpet that was so bad,super glued cuitit brakers,no heat or air,garbage dis,dishwasher fell to ground when oppened,threatened everymonth to have repairs,hole in roof,no working toilets had to pay for one of the two to be installed,mold,everywhere,home flooded and we lost everything,my wife went through over a year of treatments,over a 1000,shots to the rashes all over her body,and went through lighting treatments,the home flooded with 5 to 25 gallons of water coming out of living room drain pan,I couldn't take it anymore,we wern't allowed to have christmas,they didn't believe,I had to have someone install new air motor,I have pictures and in small claims the judge we could have moved and fined me for water damage,at the appeal their laywer called and told us the date was called off,it wasn't,they forged our names on alot of paperwork,spelling my wifes name wrong,I paid half the months rent in sept,08,but code enforcement said I didn't have to pay,and got a 3 days notice,its disapeared from their files,we moved strait in from another tentent and I have the walkthrough letter showing all things wrong,they have been in court 17 times and beat us by lieing and forgeing which I can prove,but they have money and on tape she said she can buy her way out of this as shes done in the past,they lied to farmers inc,saying the wind just blue off,even farmers wouldn't lesson,I have witnesses and am handycapped,but was told everymonth we kick people out for less,,what was I to do,She even said shes never charged me late fees,if splitting rent,a 25.00 fee a 25.00late and 5.00 per day,and would not bring nothing up to livible standards thanks tony montiero
# 877:
7:37 pm PDT, Aug 17,Andrea Mottes, Pennsylvania
I, too, am a victim of a slum landlord who refuses to accomodate me because I suffer from MS. I have begged him for over five years to place railings on my outside steps, both front and back. The back step has a severe crack in it, which causes it to "wobble" and is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for me to navigate without a handrail. Under disability law, I have the right to withhold rent because of inhabitable conditions. I won my first round in local district court, but he has decided to terminate my lease in retaliation and wants me gone by tomorrow!! I have an attorney and we are now in the process of trying to stop this jerk! We need all of the support from the court system we can get!!!
# 876:
1:44 pm PDT, Aug 16,Dana Hoffman, Minnesota
# 875:
5:29 am PDT, Aug 11,Name not displayed, Philippines
# 874:
11:14 am PDT, Aug 9,Jennifer Bartholomew, Illinois
i have rented my home goig o 2 years now. My landlord refuses to fix my front door which doest lock securley, The year i moved i there was a flood, ad he has ever treated the house or crawlspace for the mold which has now gotten into the vents and bathroom. The subfloor is my bathrom is covered in mold ad rotted from the water damage caused by a faulty toilet he refuses to fix. The water damage in the bathroom is so great, it actually made the vaity to my BR sink rot and collapse. I had to rip up the carpet i the BR ad had othing but the subfloor for months, when he fianally made it out to fix it, he refused to put in a ew subfloor " because he didnt wat to replace the bathtub ad toilet." He simply laid carpet down again, which was soaked and ruined withi 24 hours from the constat leak from the toilet. When I told him i would be mcoving out, he had my water shut off and was rude and verbally abusive. Well, his wife was actually. My 5 kids and i have no money to move, and will esssentially be homeless and have to leave almost everything behind. I need to know my right and makes sure this man never rents to anyone ever again.
# 873:
4:16 am PDT, Aug 8,Takeia Mcdavis, Louisiana
Hi my name is takeia mcdavis and I live at 4116 maple leaf dr (audubon pointe of algiers apts. in n.o. La and I've been having problems with my unit for months the maint. Come out and do paych work and a week later its the same thing again my washer backs up into my bathroom sink,my dishwasher backs up into my kitchen sink,I not only have roaches but I havemice also,my ac has leaked since 12/2008 and the ceiling downstairs in the washroom caved in due to all the water built up in the upstairs floors.I have an abandoned building on the side of me that addicts and other lowlife's reside in and the maint. Have yet to board it up.the office drilled my old lock off and changed it without my proper knowledge and in the event of that taking place my childrens' playstation 3 and wii game magically disappeared only to find out no work had been done in the unit. Made a police report contacted office only to hear that they(police) made a report and no restitution can be made.I'm really not sure how to go about handling this due to me not having money for a lawyer so if it anyone can help me on what to do in this matter it will be greatly appreciated.
# 872:
5:30 pm PDT, Jul 14,Theda Bryant, Pennsylvania
# 871:
9:58 pm PDT, Jul 9,Lin Maxwell, Arizona
Rust in dishwasher,Electric stove that works some but have to move burner to getit working. They spend more on the yard but let inside stay bad. 2year carpet was in 4 years ago and they will not replace it unless we move out for a couple of days.
# 870:
9:48 am PDT, Jul 3,Danny Oliver, Texas
what can i do about my problem, my airconditioning unit has been improperty working for a month, my electric has went up and the landlord is doing nothung about it, can i hold back rent on him
# 869:
9:06 pm PDT, Jun 25,James Bowles, Kansas
There are no mold laws in kansas. We moved in and wasn't told about mold(Black mold with fuzz growing)or flooding. The apartments are owned by a church. My 2 year old has asthma and allergies. Are landlord lies. Everyone we talk to about the apartments have the same problem. There needs to be a federal law Like Slumlord Accountability Act.When they want there monie they get it. When we want stuff fixed we get screwed. Something has to be DONE!
# 868:
11:13 pm PDT, Jun 24,Name not displayed, Canada
I have been fighting for over 6 years to reclaim my health which was severely damaged by raw sewage tainted marsh which doubled as septic field on a rental property. Septic field had failed and tainted water had been flooding property and bubbling up under building causing a myriad of mutated strains of toxic mold, algae, and bacteria to inundate the land and building where I lived. Four of 5 pets died, both dogs of rare cancers, 60 healthy houseplants watered from kitchen tap died of rapid decomposition from the soil up, and I have extreme health problems, have aged profusely and am permanently scarred up from the sores caused by this exposure. I have not had the use of my possibly unsalvagable possessions in all this time, and have been reduced to poverty and living in a room in a house. No one was ever held to account. I have essentially been left in the trenches. I blame the government, who gave the slumlords a ticket out of the mess when they refused to force proper assessment of dwelling and surrounding land for health threats. My entire world was torn entirely apart and destroyed. This is a crime that should be punishable under law for which no one has been held to account. This sort of scenario should not be occurring. I am known out here as the poster child for environmental degradation. Complete destruction!
# 867:
1:52 pm PDT, Jun 23,Tracey Beal, Arizona
I have got a petition with names of supporters regarding the maintenance of grounds and swimming pool and i am afraid of reprocutions from the manager. please let me know what to do.thanks
# 866:
1:31 am PDT, Jun 23,Kelly Bell, Missouri
I'm dealing with a slumlord right now. I'm too scared to do anything about it. He won't fix anything that I have asked to get fixed. I'm living in a house without Air conditioner. I have mold growing on my basement walls due to standing water. My electical wires have short in them. I don't have the money to move right now so I am stuck living where I live. I need help without fear of him.
# 865:
2:19 pm PDT, Jun 22,Beverly Hobaugh, Missouri
There needs to be more laws for tenants to be safe in their rental units.
# 864:
10:22 am PDT, Jun 19,Savannah Hilt, Wisconsin
I have been living in my apartment for ten months and the landlord has not fixed anything that I have asked him to fix. My carpet is so thin and when I lifted it up today there was black mold underneath it. My floors are all having soft spots on it that when me and my children walk on it we get scared and try not to put pressure on it. WE have electricity sparks everytime we use an outlet in our kitchen and tons of plumbing problems. My landlord has not fixed my toilet or the sink in my kitchen. I got charged an extra 100 gallons of water a month because he wouldn't have a plumber come fix it. I have no smoke detector in my apartment and I also know that the people who live underneath me have water damage on there cielings and water leaking from my plumbing problems. I need desperste help and when my landlord found out that I was planning to move he now is trying to evict me and ask for 3000 dollars for stuff he will never fix. My roof leaks and so much more is wrong here. Please help me.
# 863:
10:42 am PDT, Jun 12,Name not displayed, Ohio
Our slumlord refuses to replace our refrigerator,all are food went bad and all he said is we can move.
# 862:
9:16 am PDT, Jun 5,Jeffrey McCann, California
im not complaining about my landlord but the landlord of a building on the same street i live on 6555 LA Mirada Ave Los Angeles, 90038
at this building there is a gang member there that sales illigal drugs he has shot into other buildings on the street he has other members of his gang that breakin nighbors on the street apartments i had to call the police a number of times thay practices racketeering thay told this old lady that they believe she is telling the police things about them and then they taken pictures of her grand children and her son and told her she needs to move or else and the owner of this building know that thay are doing this but will not evict them and it has been going on for some time now thay have did this same thing to other people on the street and had success with making the people on the street move thay sells drugs to teens this man is obessed with selling drugs out of that apartment building and the owner lets him do it and stay there as long as he pays his rent
# 861:
2:17 pm PDT, May 19,Name not displayed, Texas
I love downtown night life, but not the living. My "landlord" did not tell me that my apt had been flooded from a previous tenant. I have tried to get a hold of him in the last 5 months. My backdoor lock has been broken for the last 4 months. My bathtub is at a slant, so when I shower I have to postion myself so that I will not slip and fall. I have a severe spider/roach problem. It states in my lease that I am responsible for pest control, but no one will come out and spray because I am in a house apartment. My advice is read the lease and all of the small print. That was my mistake, and now I am stuck in the money pit for the next 6 months.
# 860:
11:40 am PDT, May 11,KENDRA THORN, Georgia
I HAVE LIVED A 2905 SPRINGDALE RD ATLANTA,GA FOR 4 YEARS. MY SLUM LORD HAS NOT ONLY BEEN REIVEING MY MONEY FOR THESE MOLDED, ROACHES AND RAT INVESTED BAD PLUMBING ETC. BUT HE RECIVESS MONIES FROM THE CITY ATLANTA AS WELL
# 859:
11:06 am PDT, May 11,Dianne Taylor, Oregon
we have lived in the same apartment for the past 3 years. our land lord will not fix anything in our apartment. our heater does not work, the kitchen light does not work. the roof leaks when it rains. the shower and sink in the upstairs bathroom does not work. as a result the wall in the kitchen that separates the downstairs half bath and the kitchen is rotting away there are no smoke detectors downstairs. there is only one hot water heater for all three apartments.
# 858:
9:46 am PDT, May 11,Name not displayed, Ohio
I always thought a portion of a tenants rent was to go towards repairs and upkeep of the property. My landlord doesn't return calls if he feels the repair isn't worth his time or money. I have corroded pipes that can break at any time, dripping faucets, water coming into the apartment because the outside spouting is clogged or falling apart, windows that don't open, rain coming in under the doors, and rats in the walls. He raises the rent every year to "cover costs" as he puts it. What costs, he doesn't repair anything in his apartments. He tries to evict you if you complain and if you do move, he keeps your deposit and sends you a bill for all the repairs or work that he was suppose to maintain. What rights do tenants have? Some people say, "move". It isn't always easy to move. It cost money to move, money people don't have. Something needs to be done about these slum-lords!
# 857:
10:59 am PDT, Apr 29,Heather Holloway, Oklahoma
# 856:
11:00 pm PDT, Apr 26,Name not displayed, California
# 855:
9:34 pm PDT, Apr 18,Name not displayed, Arkansas
# 853:
11:49 am PDT, Apr 4,Sharon Evans, Ohio
Our landlord here in Presidential Estates, Ohio is one of the worst there is. We live in a trailer park and the people are clean and quiet but our roads and the trailers the landlord owns are horrible. They own another park in PA. and it is beautiful. They raise our lot rent every 3 to 6 months and do nothing to improve our property. I would not recommend anyone live here.
# 852:
10:25 am PDT, Mar 20,Name not displayed, Minnesota
If you live in Minnesota, DO NOT rent from Pro Realty (ProRealty Services, LLC).
# 851:
5:11 am PDT, Mar 18,Name not displayed, Colorado
PLEASE TAKE NOTE NEVER TO RENT FROM CAMELLE KURZ, SHE IS A SLUM LORD IN THE WORST WAY. BEFORE WE MOVED INTO HER RENTAL SHE TOOK A GARDEN HOSE TO THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND LET THE EIGHTY YEAR OLD HARDWOOD FLOORS SOAK UP ALL THE WATER, BEFORE TAKING A DRY/WET VAC TO IT. WHICH IN TURN MADE THE FLOORS SAG BADLY, ALSO THE ADD ONTO THIS HOUSE IS SINKING INTO THE GROUND, AND THE HEARTER BASE IS ALL RUSTED OUT SO WHEN YOU TURN ON THE HEARTER THE RUST CIRCULATES THROUGH OUT THE HOUSE MAKING EVERYONE VERY SICK AND WOULD NOT COME OUT TO FIX ANYTHING. THERE WERE ALSO OTHER THINGS WRONG WITH THIS HOUSE, THE STOVE/OVEN DID NOT WORK,THE WALLS WHERE CRACKING DO TO THE HOUSE AND THE FOUNDATION SINCKING,PIGEONS ALL UP IN THE RAFTERS DOING THERE DUTY EVERY WHERE, AND MOLD AND MILDOW ALL VER THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR BORDS THAT YOU COULD SEE DOWN IN THE FRUIT CELLOR. SHE ALSO IS A THIEF, SHE MOVE MONEY AROUND TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU DON'T PAY YOUR RENT AND CHARGES ALL THESE FEE'S THEN THROWS YOU OUT OF THE HOUSE TAKE WHAT SHE WANTS AND THEN TELLS EVERYONE TO TAKE WHAT THEY WANT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO MOVE OUT, SHE JUST COMES IN WHEN YOUR NOT THERE WHITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SHE GOT TO HELP HER BEFORE WE COULD GET BACK FOR ANOTHER LOUD.SHE IS THE WORST KIND OF PERSON YOU CAN COME ACCROSS. SO IF YOU LIVE IN COLORADO AND YOU COME ACCROSS THE NAME (CAMELLE KURZ) RUN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
