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Does your landlord claim to be looking into the mold that perpetually grows across your window ledges, in your toilet, on the walls and furniture and on your clothing but then decides it’s not his problem? Does your landlord ignore your complaints of cockroaches in the building and then when you push for something to happen, blame you for their presence? Do you repeatedly ask for a copy of the lease to no avail, until you try and break the lease due to unfit living conditions, and then it materializes? Do you find that when you finally leave the landlord has not only left all the probelms running amok, but has actually raised the rent on the piece of garbage and will be keeping your damage deposit, kthxbiii?
Do you reside in Halifax? If you answered yes to one or all of these questions, your landlord is probably a soulless vampire sucking you and your community dry. Get help. Smash private property systems and the ideologies that sustain them. —Boo
This article appears in Jan 7-13, 2016.
I don’t think I’ve ever got a deposit back from a slum lord. Last place I left, after hearing I wasn’t getting my deposit back (no good reason), i made sure the tiny man had a reason to keep it.
Slumlords suck ass, but if you honestly think you’ll be better off in an anarcho-syndicalist communal squat – do us all a favor. Sell your Chomsky and your Billy Braggs at a flea market and buy a heaping big pile of bath salts for one last awesome going away party.
Did you not do a pre-occupancy inspection? Did you not get a copy of the signed lease BEFORE moving in or paying your damage deposit? Did you not review the Residential Tenancy Act? Did you not contact Access NS? Did you not file an application for mediation with the director?Do you enjoy playing the role of the victim instead of taking responsibility for your situation and trying to fix it?
Document EVERYTHING. Then take it to the tenants board thing.
Cost you 35$ to make a complaint with the tenancy board. Should have done that before moving out.
You are responsible to cover your own butt. ALWAYS keep the paperwork and prof you pay your rent and of any other problems so you have legal grounds for cases like this. With slumlords it naturally will be more of a fight but at least you would have had your butt covered.