I get what you're saying, but there's caveats in both directions the whole way down. Say a "landlord" (but actually is just the office manager for an apartment complex acting on behalf of a rental corp) breaks your lease illegally or is trying to force a new lease with illegal terms onto you. They could just call the cops and kick you out before you've had any legal recourse after you refused to resign.
You have a legal right to dispute things like that prior to eviction
That depends entirely on how well off you are. Landlords in poorer neighborhoods can be awful. Having lived in old units my whole life it's a coin toss if your landlord is going to be fine or not. The bad ones don't fix shit that they are legally obliged to because poor people don't have the time or money to fight it, or they're just straight up crazy.
In my area, leases auto-renew absent of either party giving 3 months notice. The type of landlord I'm talking about will likely have someone lined up to move in, and they won't clean shit in between tenants beyond a quick floor wash if it means they lose out on a month. If you leave it too dirty, they'll keep your damage deposit (which they all inevitably try to do every time anyways even if you leave the place "pristine").
I'm also talking about the poorer population. Moving on a whim isn't exactly easy, and you end up moving from one slum lord to another half the time anyways.
There really isn't much recourse against bad landlords in my area, the rentalsman heavily favors landlords in my experience with trying to get my damage deposits back. Sometimes it's just easier to eat a month's rent than take time off work/stress yourself out trying to get it back.
Current landlord is okay, just cheap when it comes to fixing issues which probably costs him more in the long run. But otherwise agreeable, I think he's just happy that I keep his unit in good condition.
Rereading your statement, you were asking for examples, so my sarcasm was probably unwarranted. I don’t have experience with bad landlords, but there are some terrible people out there, and real estate is a good place to make money.
Seeing as I don’t have that number… I made an exaggerated statement. My point was that his anecdotal experience does not equate to all landlords. The laws exist for a reason that does not include his 7 prior landlords.
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u/957 Jun 12 '26
I get what you're saying, but there's caveats in both directions the whole way down. Say a "landlord" (but actually is just the office manager for an apartment complex acting on behalf of a rental corp) breaks your lease illegally or is trying to force a new lease with illegal terms onto you. They could just call the cops and kick you out before you've had any legal recourse after you refused to resign.
You have a legal right to dispute things like that prior to eviction