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    Angry Landlord Won't Provide a Mailbox, Rental Unit is Not Within the USPS System

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: CA

    1) When I moved in, a staff in the landlord's office said that they were changing the mailbox. So they asked me to come tomorrow to pick up the mailbox key. I received other keys.

    2) A few days later, I visited the office again. They said that the key is not ready and they would need some more time.

    3) I walked around the apartment complex, and realized that the mailbox for my apartment unit did not even exist.

    4) When I tried to apply for mail forwarding service, USPS did not recognize my apartment address. Later, I got messages from immigration office and other places that they cannot locate my apartment. I had a hard time with internet providers as well, since they could not locate my unit either.

    5) I talked to USPS mail carriers, and visited the USPS office to escalate this issue.

    6) Eventually, a month after I moved in, the apartment management installed a new mailbox only for my unit. I thought that would be the end of the story.

    7) However, I happened to meet a mail carrier again. He said that my mailbox is unapproved, thereby they cannot put any mails there.

    Would anyone please give me any idea how to resolve this issue? Any legal advice will be appreciated.

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    Default Re: Landlord Does Not Provide Me with a Mailbox, the Unit Does Not Exist in the USPS

    What management said carries little weight...it's what is in your lease that counts ...ok perhaps there is a implied benefit that there is a mailbox . The postal requirements can be a bit rigid . This may be one where the big squeaky wheel gets greased ....

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