What should you do if your landlord is harassing you?

Many landlords have a federally backed loan and some restrictions come with those loans, especially regarding eviction.

Landlords don't like that, and they will shut off their tenants' utilities or call DHR on them saying they suspect child abuse. Anything to get their tenants out of their property.

However, if there's a proper lease agreement the landlord has to follow the rules.

If a landlord decides to change the locks and throw all of your stuff out because you're a couple months behind on rent, you need to serve that landlord with a huge lawsuit.

Too often we see landlords shut off their tenants utilities, and then come after the tenant with a debt collector for money damages.

They will sue tenants and try to get more money from them.

If your landlord is violating the law by harassing you and trying to evict you, definitely look into suing them.

You may have rights under your State Landlord/Tenant Act, the company violating the law may be considered a debt collector, and you may have some other state laws that protect you from being illegally evicted.

Get with a consumer lawyer in your state to help you with your case, and punish these landlords from breaking the law.

Thanks for watching!
John G. Watts
Watts & Herring, LLC
Representing consumers across Alabama
205-879-2447

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[vickycompton]

We need honest people like u guys, they treat people like dirt

[diamondprinceza]

my landlord hit me on my face and told me to get out her house shes been stalking everywere I go and im a mom of two little boys Im definitely suing her

[TheSouthernhumanity]

In Arkansas, renters are treated like less than an animal. If a dog is thrown out, ten people call the Humane Society. If a human is thrown out, nobody cares.

[annonymous]

If you're landlord harasss you, then it's up to you to request or even demand they stop

If they push the issue, then get fair housing involved, along with every other resource absolutely NECESSARY.

[ThatgirlnamedAnnie]

I’m getting so tired of my landlord making excuses to visit. Makes it so much worse that she’s already turned up unannounced twice. The second time she was caught on cctv taking photos of the property

[fatap.]

Let’s add on that landlord’s hired someone by putting them in the apartment next to you whose continue to hit on your walls and floors all night and day because the landlord wants you out of the apartment. Because you have gotten the state involved due to previous harassment.

[ThePortraitArt]

problem is if the landlord is not an idiot they will not do anything so brazen that you can easily record or take a picture and provide hard evidence. They will make living there very uncomfortable for you and harass in much more nuanced and subtle ways that doesn't directly violate any laws, or make collecting evidence impossible. You should be pre-emptively prepared if you sense your landlord is such a person. For example, if you don't leave, I as the landlord just straight up smack you on the back of your head hard. Maybe then I'll make a sound like ouch (as if I got attacked) and then threaten to sue you cuz I have my phone on recording the whole time. What u gonna do? So always be prepared, check your state law and be proactive about it. For example in NY you have the right to put a camera in common area, u have the right to record voice as long as one of the party (you) consent to and knows about it. If the landlords do the stuff he mentioned in the video, they practically begging to be sued and lose. watch out for the more nasty ones.

[rainbowcity]

my landlord has been treating me and my roomate really badly compared to the others. shes knocked on our bedrooms doors at 1 in the morning wanting to come in. shes opened my bedroom door while i was changing with grown men behind her. my landland does all these things. shes asked us to move a car in the middle of the night during a pandemic, but shes offered a differential tennants bf a parking pass. my room mate and i want to break the lease but she wont let us do that or sublease. but we really do not feel comfortable living there.

[sosimple]

I'm a renter...I pay my rent....I have a property as well....and now I expect them to pay their rent to me...life is one big cycle....try moving in the direction that works....you don't pay..you don't stay...the end....it's not complicated..it's easy math....should you be harassed or disrespected....NO....should you live rent free...NO....will the government allow you to walk all over them....hell no....if you have section 8 and don't follow the rules...your getting the boot....that simple...don't make it seem like landlords make up these rules...and laws....you don't pay...you have to rent a hotel...stay in a shelter...or stay with a family member....or live under a bridge...🤷🏽‍♀️ that is the reality..it applies to everyone..including me...as a renter and a landlord....I see both sides of the coin...

[lexthomas]

My landlord forced me to move out before my lease was up, an threatened me personally to move out. Can I seek restitution charges for having to move?

[kimberlyguillen]

My landlord turned my lights off at the breaker box today. I have 3 fur babies. They keep asking for rent they already have in the civil court registry. Do these property management people get trained on what they can and can't do??

[greendotscott]

Our landlord knocked on our backdoor and yelled at my wife for manufactured reasons. She then typed out a list of violations (all made up) and brought it to our front door with all four of her grown kids with her. Now she put her copy of an eviction notice filed by the clerk of court that I guess the sheriff is supposed to bring. We did nothing.

[GiddyUp]

Thank you! My landlord cut off my trash utility AND has blocked my back door with her car....and she refuses to move it. I am definitely sick of it to say the least.

[nancywilson]

my landlord treats my apartment as if it's her personal space.she enter every time I stop out! I have told her that Texas law, says that she has to give me 24 hour notice before entering my unit.

[CarlyLamont-fplr]

My landlord blamed me for leaving trash outside of my place even though I didn't at all

[jessicalynn]

what type of lawyer do I need to speak to in California about my landlord harassing me?

[alvinaliathos]

Sums up landlords in New Zealand, though suing a landlord here is expensive. Better being removed than being harassed

[aprilgriffin]

I got behind in rent 1 month and was hospitalized twice and had emergency surgery.. my landlord went into the apartment, change the locks, and put a letter on my van that she would tow it. Stressed me out so bad only after missing 1 month. The harassment started the 1st week I missed the payment but I had emergency surgery.

[rosapierna]

I appreciate if hand information like this. It’s in sane with some landlords out there in nyc. Taking advantage of the covi 19 and harassing some tenants to make there lives a hell. Every person has the right of their apartments or homes. We are living with people around us that think they can break the law. Taking advantage of those that don’t have a voice. Americans born and raise in nyc are going through hell with some of these crooks harassing and accusing tenants that don’t pay there rents. Where are there rights. Why officials knowing this don’t do anything.elevators with not enough lughts for handy cap tenants to have accidents. Nobody seems tocare anymore. We are in this together. We don’t need crooks stealing our lives to accommodate there rich families under low profiles of affordable housing. I don’t want to see homelessness. We’re is the compassion and justice. Why hurt those that are officially here with paperwork.paying there renta.if the landlords lost money we don’t need to be responsible for there losses

[abesapien]

I have documented proof that my landlord has locked me out of my thermostat. The A/C was set to 80, then 83, and now 88, and since it's 10 degrees hotter upstairs, the A/C won't turn on until it's 98 degrees!!! Since the A/C is technically "on, " are his actions legal, or not? We have a current rental dispute. Thank you for your help!