What an imagination?. Landlord is a she/owner, disabled with a stroke and something. I paid a small fee to consult an attorney today through a hotline, the attorney did not give encouraging advice, basically told that I can negotiate for installments and pay all the backdated fees and rent and be done with or I'll be liable to later pay a lot more than what I would owe now. But reading through here, it seems I have options to not pay.

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I agree. The only person that could get away with allowing a tenant to not pay rent would be the owner of the property. Everyone else has to account for what is and is not received. Maybe the OP/tenant and landlord had a personal relationship. Is the OP/tenant male or female ? Perhaps sexual favors were involved when the rent was not paid and paid on time. I know it is illegal. Unfortunately, it does happen. That might explain why the OP/tenant was not responsible about paying their rent on time.