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    Default Re: What to Do if Your Landlord Won't Repair a Rental or Remove Mold

    Quote Quoting gail in georgia
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    What, exactly, do you want a forum to do for you? You were given suggestions on places to contact and items to read about in terms of your choices. You seem to have made the first move by contacting whatever local government that inspects and approves rental housing. It's unfortunate that you have chosen to live in a town with only 3000 people in it as this may mean any Code Enforcement office is quite small.

    You can also read about a tenants options in California regarding repairs here:

    http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/l...problems.shtml

    If your goal is to have the landlord pay for your moving costs it is likely you're going to have to sue for such and yes, this may mean having to hire an attorney to back you up.
    I don't have a problem hiring an attorney; I've not been able to speak to one yet. In case you did not notice, it has not yet been even a week since the water and mold issue.

    However, to help you understand what, exactly, I want a forum to do for me, I suggest reading the forum rules and reason for being, and you may be able to answer that for yourself. Essentially, I asked what remedies and options I have.

    Perhaps you think it selfish of me to expect a "landlord" to right his wrongs, or pay for not doing so, though I've never mentioned wanting money, but maybe if you knew that this man owns over 35 homes in the area, and a mobile home park for seniors. Now, if I am 60 years old and am being treated in the fashion he's treating me, who is going to bet that in that mobile home park filled with senior citizens, in their 70's, 80's, or older, who have absolutely no comprehension of the internet or of how to defend themselves against a slumlord, that this "landlord" is not doing the same or worse to some very nice people, who have no recourse whatsoever??

    NIMBY. I can probably guess who cannot see past their own noses.

    And Gail in Georgia: thank you for your response. Of the few I've received, yours is by far the kindest and the most helpful.

    Clearly, it seems you all need "more background" in order to offer any actual advice or at least good will. It's very sad that we've become so jaded in this world. We've got a very long way to go now to "make America great again..."

    So, not in my better judgment, I'm offering that background.

    After taking care of my mother for 6 years (due to Alzheimer's and a stroke) we decided to move from Sacramento County to Lake Isabella, CA, to allow other relatives to visit with mom before she passed away. (I had been paying a co-payment of $2,500 per month for her $7,500 per month facility following her stroke, for about 2 years, with no family members helping, but I could no longer take care of her at home.) Sadly, only 3 weeks after moving mom, she did pass away, and I and my son were left in Lake Isabella with no family support at all. As often happens, families seem to fail in their efforts to be there for a family member, and believe that when someone dies, everybody will somehow become rich from life insurance. This was not the case for me, and family members failed to keep their promises.

    For over 9 months, I have been renting a mobile home on a property, and the landlord has not fixed any of the things that were promised to be fixed. The State of California's implied warranty of habitability has 16 points that make a home habitable, 10 of which are in violation in the home I am paying rent on.

    Having exhausted my savings due to remaining co-payments and burial expenses for my mother, I have maintained an existence, but yearned to move from this property due to the landlord's lack of maintenance and poor attitude. I have provided written notice for 8 months about issues such as windows that will not close and seal properly, holes in the kitchen floor, and no mail box, preventing the post office from delivering mail to my home, causing me to rent a PO Box. We had to sleep on the couches in the living room because the temperature drops to the low 20's and the windows in the home will not close, causing 5 of the 7 rooms to be freezing during the winter.

    Last week, around April 11th, my son and I discovered mushrooms growing out of the carpet in the bedroom we use as an office. My son immediately removed all furniture and items from the room, to discover several smaller mushrooms growing, and wet carpet. I placed an immediate call to the landlord, who came over the next day and removed the majority of the carpet from the room, and found a leak under the bathroom sink that caused the problem. (The bathroom is covered with linoleum, but the wood under it is likely bad from water damage too.) There is black mold all over the wood flooring of the bedroom, now exposed and potentially a serious health hazard. I have been recovering from thyroid cancer and am afraid that this may be an issue to my health, plus nobody wants to live under these kind of conditions.

    Unfortunately, the landlord offers no solutions except that he intends to pour bleach all over the floor and, as he stated on April 18th, "bleach the sh&t out of the floor" placing a layer of wood on top, and recarpeting the room. He's not addressed the area under the sink or the bathroom floor at all.

    After many phone calls to various legal aid clinics and attorneys, as well as the County's Codes and Violations Office, I am left with no real solution. Advice has been varied, such as "move on your own," to "sue him for the money to move." Legal procedures are certainly good, but meanwhile, I am living in a precariously dangerous situation. I'm afraid to cook or walk around, or even take a deep breath, in what is supposed to be my home.

    I tell you this so you might be able to better understand that not everybody is a poor tenant or bad tenant, but that there are still a few people who believe in right verses wrong, and doing things that may help others' lives rather than just your own. As to your opinion, that's between you and your God or whatever you believe in.

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