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A young family with three children just moved out of an apartment they couldn't afford. [View all]
no_hypocrisy
Sep 2021
OP
The OP specifically mentions the lack of a Certificate of Occupancy and says it was illegal.
kcr
Sep 2021
#65
Ethically the landlord should not charge rent on an apartment that has no water. End of story
Tom Rinaldo
Sep 2021
#18
Then the landlord was trying to enforce China's old "one child only" policy.
Tom Rinaldo
Sep 2021
#22
But technically, it never should have been rented without a Certificate of Occupancy
TexasBushwhacker
Sep 2021
#27
If two children "killed the well" that STILL means the apartment was unlivable.
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#38
There was no water...the place was illegal...the landlord is at fault period...and there
Demsrule86
Sep 2021
#62
absolutely right, karenVT, about the tenant's resources, and the state of their likely homelessness
bigtree
Sep 2021
#42
In my signature I noted, without changing my user id, that I more accurately am in VT
karynnj
Sep 2021
#61
The owner illegally rented a space and wants to collect money from the people who lived there?
greenjar_01
Sep 2021
#35
I don't think the landlord/sublandlord who took rent for this place will be happy.
moriah
Sep 2021
#41
Wow. When I saw the header, I thought it was going to be about ways to help
Withywindle
Sep 2021
#69
The tenant was renting out a place that did not meet code or legal requirements, eh?
LanternWaste
Sep 2021
#71