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Landlord raises tenant’s rent by $150 over “rising maintenance costs” despite ignoring years of repair requests, marking maintenance tickets as resolved without fixing anything: ‘The building literally rots around us’

Cata Holmes

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

Bar Mor Hazut

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Son discovers his parents are paying "struggling" brother's NYC rent, but soon learns his brother has secretly saved thousands of dollars from their funding, so he tells their father, sparking family drama: '[Dad's] thinking of reducing the amount'

Emma Saven

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Entitled landlord forces tenants to move out after demanding they pay for overdue repairs, leading entire neighborhood to ensure landlord can't find new tenants: ‘The house has sat empty for over a year now’

Bar Mor Hazut

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New York City tenants pay $500/month in rent after outing their landlord's illegal scheme, end up with a $30,000 payout and a rent-controlled apartment: 'We are staying here forever'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Tenant calls about strange noise in hallway, ends up preventing full-blown ceiling collapse and saves landlord thousands of dollars in repairs before he even arrives: 'That guy saved the day'

Isabella Penn

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20-year-old daughter pays $600 for rent at her mom's house and looks after her untrained dogs for free, but when her mother increases rent to $1,300 for a single bedroom, she contemplates moving into her own place: 'I've helped my mom with loads of money'

Emma Saven

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Tenant outsmarts on-site landlord and gets her fired, receives full deposit back and pays reduced final rent: 'Checkmate'

Isabella Penn

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Landlord arrogantly reports themselves to the Fire Marshall after refusing to supply tenant with a single fire alarm: 'They had no idea that landlords had "responsibilities" and simply saw us tenants as a source of income that should be ever growing'

Brad Dickson

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32-year-old man refuses to move out of ex’s house while she’s abroad, so after finding out he’s hosting freeloaders after 18 months, she cuts off the power while waiting on legal eviction: 'His freeloading crew are furious'

Emma Saven

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Kind stranger helps an 80-year-old man living in his van by collecting $50 in “rent” to park in their driveway, then puts the money in a savings account for him when he moves on: 'Month 8 and he's paid $400 so far'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Entitled woman tries to evict roommate so her boyfriend can move in, claiming she shouldn't have to leave because she ownes majority of the furniture and gardens, even though they split 50/50: 'The person who wants change should facilitate it'

Emma Saven

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36-year-old gamer brother argues he shouldn't have to pay rent while living with his 34-year-old sister and husband after he has already been kicked out of various other family members' homes: 'I practically laughed at him and told him absolutely not'

Brad Dickson

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21 Roach Memes for Hardworking Apartment Renters Who Severely Need a Laugh

Elna McHilderson

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After roommate abruptly leaves apartment and stops paying rent, tenant decides to redecorate the apartment, only to have roommate return months later and throw a fit at the makeover: 'You deliberately made the apartment unlivable for me'

Emma Saven

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'Our apartment wasn't legal, the authorities wanted to demolish some walls': Roommate moves out early, refuses to use her $5000 deposit to cover her remaining rent, after failing to find a sublet once she discovers that her room is going to be bashed down

Emma Saven

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