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My landlord keeps getting violations from the HOA, and the HOA is straight up making rules up. I can't sue the HOA for this (which is 100% what needs to happen to get them to stop), because there's a legal layer between the owner and the tenant...
So yes, shit is broken. He refuses to call them out or take legal action against their harassment of my family. This is really obvious stuff, too. The latest violation involves them accusing me of having open flame torches on my patio. I own solar powered LED lanterns. They want to fine my landlord $100 for this.
I told him I won't pay it. They are charging HIM, not me, and there's nothing in my lease or the HOA's CC&R's saying I can't own solar lanterns.
This guy has violated state, federal, and city laws over the last half a decade. He's also a slumlord that never fixes anything. He once made me wait a year to get my front door handle repaired (sure, I could have fought that, but then he'd have just raised my rent.)
I hope he gets fined, and I hope he fucks around, because I've got an attorney ready.
I'm not saying to never take shit from your landlords, everyone... But at some point you have to stand up and tell them to fuck off. Rent is out of control in many cities right now, but that's not an excuse for the often abusive landlord-tenant systems. Landlords should NOT exist.
I just bought a house from a guy who had been renting it out for thirty years and I'm now in the process of fixing all the shit he neglected during that time. I can't believe that anyone was willing to rent this place for any amount of money, let alone the $1300/mo he had been getting for it. The kitchen ceiling was sagging down a foot in two places and held up literally only by the paint and caulk, thanks to mice - I got showered with mouse poop and urine-soaked ceiling tile material when I demo'ed it. The electrical outlets were all partially blocked by the baseboard radiators, which was probably a good thing because they were all ungrounded 1940s-era receptacles with the hot and neutral wires hooked up in reverse. One light switch caused the circuit breaker to trip as soon as I flipped it. Not a single door in the house could actually be closed (not even the front door) so I had to reset the hinges; one door looked like he had tried to fix the problem using a beaver with dental problems.
He sold the house as "rental ready" and I'm five months into the renovation now. I like to think the house appreciates my being here.
It isn't in Charles Village by any chance is it? I've got some war stories with Ben.