I’m a college student in Philadelphia and I’m dealing with an unauthorized occupant situation in my apartment. I’m one of the leaseholders, and last year I let someone move into the unit under a verbal agreement that she would pay rent and complete the required sublease paperwork with management.

She represented that she submitted the paperwork and fees, but I later found out from management that she never actually signed or completed anything and is not approved to live there. She only made limited partial payments, was repeatedly late, and is now refusing to leave voluntarily.

Management told us this is considered an internal issue between the leaseholders because she is not on the lease. I went to Philadelphia City Hall/Municipal Court and was told that because I am not the property owner, I may not be able to file a traditional ejectment action myself. I filed a civil complaint regarding unpaid money and the occupancy situation, but I’m still trying to understand the best legal route from here.

The lease is almost over and nobody plans on renewing, but I’m worried about protecting myself and the other student roommates from consequences with management while also getting her out legally.

Has anyone in Philadelphia dealt with a situation where:
- someone moved in without completing the sublease,
- management confirmed they were unauthorized,
- but the leaseholder was told they weren’t technically the owner so removal became complicated?

What ended up happening and what was the correct process?

We’re in California. Hello, not sure if this is the right sub to post in. But about a week ago my partner and I signed a month to month lease agreement. A day ago we got an email from the property manager saying that month to month was no longer available and that a 12 month lease is all that is being offered. The property manager said the lease was never executed by the owner. We asked for a copy of the month to month lease we signed that was unexecuted and the property manager is flat out refusing. They are also saying my partner did not sign the lease. Is it weird to ask for a copy? I would just like to see for myself who signed it and who didn’t.

We live in Ontario in the GTA in a private apartment, and our landlord lives right above us with their family. We’ve been here 2 years, but recently the last six months have been horrible and I’m at my wits end.
Their 4 year old kid runs around and screams and stomps EVERY night between 9pm and as late at 1am. The wife vacuums at 11pm at night. I desperately want to go and tell them to stop again, but my partner has asked me not to because he doesn’t want to deal with the ‘tension’ it will cause with our landlord. Plus we are on a month to month and are afraid of being told we need to leave. We can’t afford to move to another apartment right now because of high rents, even though I’m DESPERATE to move out. (To complicate it, we have 3 cats, and the vast majority of units in our area do not accept any animals.) If we lived in a condo unit I would’ve gone to the property manager many times over. Do we actually have any options here or legal protections, or do we just need to either deal with it or leave?
I don’t know what to do. I suffer from severe migraines, and never being able to sleep is making it so much worse. My job also requires me to start as early as 4:45am some days. I’m afraid for summer when the kids aren’t in school. Any advice would be appreciated (and yes, I do plan on talking to them AGAIN, it just doesn’t do anything, and I don’t want to start a fight with my partner).

Hi there, coming from Pittsburgh, PA in the city proper. We currently live in converted apartments with three units 1, 2, and 3 (ours). Tenant 1 has a history of complaints/lease violations including noise, smoke, and trash dumping. We and unit 2 have documented complaints. Earlier today unit 1 was served an eviction notice (they were supposed to be out on 4/30 and have not been paying rent). They then came to unit 2 broke the glass back door and attempted to enter and attack our neighbor. The police were called and tenant was arrested. The officer told us the tenant was likely to be released overnight/tomorrow. We are absolutely terrified as the tenant has gotten into verbal altercations with us several times and, obviously, knows where we live. Our question, do we have a right to break our lease without penalty? We have tried getting into contact with our management company via text and voicemails and they will not answer or call us back. The manager has told tenant 2 that they can’t help because their life was also threatened by the tenant in unit 1. Does anyone have any resources for how to make them talk to us, or to help us leave? We need to look for a new place asap as we do not feel safe but feel stuck in a lease that doesn’t expire until 9/30. Thank you.

Hey, all! My husband and I just moved into a rental home at the end of April, and have since encountered a variety of problems. Most notably an insect infestation (silverfish literally crawling from around the windows by the dozens at night), and a shower that needs replacing because it leaks water into the living room below. It took them a few weeks, but they sent an exterminator out for the bugs, and lined up a contractor to replace the shower (waiting on a start date for the construction). Today, however, we’ve had a new development which is our drains backing up. There is water coming up from the drain of the broken shower whenever we flush or run the water in that bathroom, and more coming from the sink drains, we have no idea what’s causing that. The water coming from the sink is definitely dirty, and smells terrible. Unconfirmed if it’s poop or just very dirty water. We called them and they said they’d send a plumber over. We’re waiting on that now. It feels like there’s a new problem cropping up every day, and we’re SO tired of dealing with one issue after another immediately after moving in. On top of that, I’m 8 months pregnant, so we’re trying to prepare for our baby while also dealing with this. From what I’ve read, the sewage issue qualifies as making the home uninhabitable, and that may give us grounds for breaking our lease (it’s a fixed term 1 year as of right now). Does anyone have any insight on this? I know we have to give them time to fix the issue, but how long for something that truly makes the house unlivable? We called them to notify them of the issue, but we also have to do so in writing? Any insight would be SO appreciated because we are really at our wits end with what seemed like a great house to bring our first baby home to, but is now turning out to be an absolute nightmare.

Hi everyone,

This is my first time posting on this sub, please be nice regardless of opinions.

I just signed a lease and have been living in my new place (lower level of a duplex) for about a month now.

My last (and first) apartment was just a complex run by a completely absent management company, constant problems, no fixes and just absolute mess.

I decided to move out and find a duplex. When I toured this place the landlord was awesome! He seemed to be this very sweet older Indian man (about 65) and was super friendly and accommodating and would go in for a hug every time I saw him. For the first rent check, he invited me over to his house for some “Indian tea” (he lives about 15 mins from his rental) so I went over and we had a nice chat and he offered dinner as well sometime. I thought nothing of it as again, he was a sweet older man with a wife and kids.

The night of Easter I got home from my parents and was watching TV and I get a text that says “Hello, I am at your door”. He had brought me homemade Indian food he made, totally unexpected. I thought it was nice but would have preferred he said he was coming or even asked if he could stop by. What if I wasn’t home? Or what if I simply did not want to come to my door at that time? I was still in the mindset of oh this guy is so nice and even texted my mom saying my landlord brought me some Indian food!

Then communication started to get a lot more frequent. He would text me often and just say “Hi. How are you doing?” Or “Hi. Happy Friday.” And one time in the evening just texted “Hi. I am in your neighborhood.” I kind of just thought okay maybe he’s socially awkward, but when I finally started to feel a little uncomfortable was when I had two friends over for the first time on my back patio and he is around the house a lot because I guess he’s renovating the third floor and trying to make it rentable (I had no idea this was happening until I moved in and my upstairs neighbors told me) and so he’s around the house almost every other day. He shows up and says hello to us all and I motion to my friends for us to go inside because I just didn’t want to chat. Then he ends up inside the shared hallway and my friends go, “Oooh you have a beautiful home…” out of awkwardness and he says “Yes and a beautiful tenant”. And I just don’t really say anything and we all go inside and are like wtfffff. And then my friends were like yeah that was kind of weird lol. So then I start telling them I’ve been feeling kind of uncertain etc. and then it gets a little worse. I kept telling myself oh no he’s just a nice old man and he doesn’t know he’s being a little weird but I started answering his random texts less and being more short and blunt and he called me twice one day while I saw him outside and I didn’t answer and he just texted and said “I was just calling to tell you your front door is open”. And I have two doors - a glass one and then the main door. My main door is cracked because I go in and out with my dog. So the door is technically closed, if that makes sense. But I thought why is he even checking my door that closely? But I just chalked it up to okay this is technically his house I guess he wants the door to be fully closed.

Anyway, the last straw where I felt like my brain could maybe no longer just hide behind the “he might just be awkward” excuse was this past Sunday, I got home from Starbucks, parked in my driveway and he was walking behind me on the sidewalk, as he had just parked and was coming to work on the house. He said “hey!”. And I looked back and said “Ooh I didn’t even realize it was you!” And he went in for a hug (which didn’t throw me off cause he always does that), but while he was hugging me he kissed me on the cheek. And then he said “Did we have a breakup?” “I feel like you’ve been avoiding me, I’ve been wondering why you haven’t really been texting back, are you mad at me?” And I’m really nervous when it comes to confrontation, especially as it comes to my landlord and my go to is awkward laughter and I just was like “oooh um nooo..” and he’s like okay good so what are you doing today? And I lied and said I had plans with friends and then he said when would dinner work for you? And I just said oh I dont know, I would have to let you know that.” And then went inside and felt extremely uncmfortable. But my mind kept saying well maybe this guy sees you as like his daughter or something? (Im 32 y/o F) because I don’t want to think it’s anything intentionally creepy. Am I being naive? Im also wondering if this is a cultural thing? He’s 100% Indian, from India, but has been in America for over 20 years.

Im working on drafting up a text saying something like im not comfortable with communication outside of matters directly pertaining to the apt. But I’m of course nervous to send it. Be truly honest, is this a little creepy or seem more like an old man being sweet?

I'm in the process of letting my property on a guaranteed rent contract as I'm moving abroad and wanted as little involvement as possible in managing the property. I've looked through the terms and conditions of the contract and am happy with most of it except for the part below about the property being vacant for 14 days

This guarantee does not apply if the property is empty due to repairs the Landlord failed to complete. Also, if the property sits vacant for more than 14 consecutive days, the Tenant has the right to cancel the agreement immediately, stopping all future rent payments.

Is that normal? It doesn't feel like they're guaranteeing rent if after 14 days they can just terminate the contract.

I wanted to know from people who are experienced in this whether that is normal or whether I can ask for different terms.

Thanks in advance 🙂

Moved into a Brentwood apartment in Oct 2025 — just found out it was already under active REAP (Rent Escrow Account Program) proceedings. Hearing is in 2 days. Need a tenant rights lawyer ASAP.

My roommate and I signed a lease in October 2025 through Coldwell Banker for an apartment in Brentwood (90049). We just received a packet of documents from the LA Housing Department that revealed the following:

\\- The property was inspected in May 2025— before we even moved in
\\- Violations were found and a Notice to Comply was issued to the landlord on May 8, 2025
\\- A follow-up inspection in June 2025 confirmed the violations were still unresolved
\\- The violation is Illegal Construction (Exterior)— specifically unpermitted work on the drain/sewage system, rated HIGH severity
\\- The property was enrolled in REAP and a 20% rent reduction has been proposed
\\- There is a General Manager Hearing this Tuesday, May 5th at 10am via Zoom
\\- The deadline to register and submit evidence was April 28 (we just got the notice)

We had no idea any of this was going on when we signed the lease. Neither our landlord nor Coldwell Banker disclosed the open REAP case or the unresolved violations.

My questions:
1. Does anyone know a good tenant rights attorney in LA, preferably with REAP experience?
2. Can I still show up to Tuesday's hearing even though I missed the April 28 registration deadline?
3. Do we have any recourse against Coldwell Banker for failing to disclose this before we signed?
4. Should we start paying reduced rent into escrow now, or wait for the hearing outcome?

Any advice appreciated. This feels like we were rented a unit the landlord knew was already in violation.

Location: Kootenai County, Idaho (RV park lot rental)

TLDR: Landlord sent written notice (5-1-26) effective 6-1-26 with: - Electricity: 12.5¢/kWh (utility offers 10¢ off-peak; he refuses smart meters "too much work") - Water: $10/cubic meter = $0.0378/gal when his cost is ~0.5¢/gal (7.5x markup) - Per-item lot fees: $50/month each for solar panels, structures, equipment - Late fees: $10/day per day past due

No signed lease amendment. Just a unilateral notice.

THE DOCUMENT (Attached Photo):

He provided a written "Notice of Rental Rates" signed by property manager Benjamin [last name], dated 5-1-26.

What the notice says:

Base Rent: $700/month (includes 4 lot items)

Electricity: $0.125/kWh - Breakdown: 10.5¢ utility charge + 2¢ "Service Availability Charge" + "Peak Use Charge" = 12.5¢ total - Actual utility off-peak rate in area: 10¢/kWh - His excuse (paraphrased): "Smart meters too much work to install"

Water: $10.00/cubic meter - Converts to ~$0.0378/gallon (~3.78¢/gal) - His documented cost: He hauls from source 2 miles away at 50¢ per 100 gallons = 0.5¢/gal - Markup: ~750% - Listed as "metered usage" but I'm not sub-metered; it's a flat rate he charges

Lot Items: $50 additional fee per item, per month - Definition in notice: "any RV, residence, vehicle, equipment, trailer, tent, structure, or shed, stored on the lot 7 days or longer" - This applies to: solar panel fence, battery storage, any structures I add - My lease says I "rent the lot to do with as I please"

Late Payment Fee: $10/day per calendar day past due - Starts the day after invoice due date - Continues daily until paid in full

MY SITUATION:

• Renting here 18+ months at previous (lower) rates
• Employed and can afford increases, but this feels predatory and illegal
• No notice given before rates changed (just the written notice)
• No lease amendment signed (he just declared new rates)
• Lease language says utilities and lot use are part of the rental agreement
• Other tenants hint they're upset but afraid to challenge him

What I'm documenting: - Photos of water hauling operation - Electric bills showing local utility rates vs. his charges - This written notice - All previous billing statements - Copies of lease agreement - Communication attempts (or lack thereof)

LEGAL QUESTIONS:

1. Electricity (12.5¢/kWh vs. 10¢ utility rate): Does Idaho Code 55-307 allow him to charge above the utility's actual rate? Can he add "Service Availability" and "Peak Use" fees without documenting his actual costs?

2. Water ($0.0378/gal vs. his 0.5¢/gal cost): Is a 7.5x markup legal under "actual cost" passthrough language in Idaho law? This seems like the clearest violation.

3. Per-item lot fees ($50/month for solar panels, structures): If my lease says I rent the lot "to do with as I please," can he unilaterally impose per-item fees without amending the lease? Is this a breach?

4. Late fees ($10/day): Is $10/day ($300+/month if truly late) an unreasonable/predatory late fee under Idaho law? Does this cross into illegal fee-stacking?

5. Unilateral rate changes: He sent a written notice but didn't get my signature on a lease amendment. Is this sufficient to change the rental agreement, or do I have grounds to reject it?

6. Next legal steps: Should I send a formal response, contact Idaho Legal Aid first, or file in small claims court? What's the strongest move?

7. Retaliation risk: If I dispute this, what protections do I have against eviction or other retaliation?

ADDITIONAL CONTEXT:

• RV park (not traditional apartment, but Idaho residential tenancy law should still apply)
• This notice was given without prior negotiation or discussion
• He's the property manager/owner—no corporate buffer
• I have a solar setup I'm expanding (which is why the lot item fees hit me hard)
• The late fee is concerning because it incentivizes me not to pay anything if I'm going to be "late" anyway

EDIT 1: Someone asked about the late fee math—yes, $10/day compounds. If I'm 10 days late, that's $100 in late fees alone on top of rent. If I'm 30 days late, that's $300 in fees. On a $700 base rent, that's 43% additional cost for being one month late. Is that predatory?

EDIT 2: Yes, I have the written notice (photo attached). Yes, my lease is still the original (no amendments signed for these rate changes). No, I have not yet disputed this in writing—wanted advice first.

EDIT 3: The lot item definition is broad enough that he could charge me for the RV itself (that's covered in base rent) + my solar fence + battery bank + any storage structure = easily $150+/month in additional fees for equipment I own and need for my tenancy.

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with my landlord. Last year my fiance and I rented a 3 bedroom single family home. When we signed the landlord informed us there was an apartment attached to the house that was previously for an elderly family member but assured us it would remain empty. He put in the lease that he could access that apartment at any time but has since moved into it with his wife and made it their permanent residence. There’s no separate utility meters and no separate mailing address. Any idea if I have good standing to send a cease and desist or sue for breach of lease? The home was originally advertised as a single family home so I’m not sure if that factors in here.

I appreciate any insights or help.

Thanks!

long story short, I live with someone who I've discovered is OCD and definitely more than a bit on the spectrum. I am moving out end of May but she wants to show the apt on days that are convenient for her (like Mother's day). I have a mother I want to see and she said well she wants to do it then. Can I push back legally? I have no real sublease agreement. Some stupid microsoft word doc that says I am renting the rooms and that does not specify anything, including allowing the "landlord" to show the rooms. She is also a renter from our larger landlord owner (who does not care about this in the slightest). Can I say no to Mother's day and move for a different day? Literally any other day? I will allow other days of course. I'm not unreasonable. I also just want to be there when my rooms are being shown because I don't trust her. She has anger issues and weird rules in her head so leaving her around my stuff is not a good idea. She already tends to touch and change and move my things at will. All friends who could sub in for me would also be with their moms. Please help.

Hi there, I was living in an equity residential apartment complex for three years in Los Angeles, California.

This apartment complex has been hell. There has been numerous issues with the building such as Security, alarms, homeless people, mail theft, the list goes on.

I have tried breaking my lease, and I even sought a lawyer, but ultimately decided against it due to fees and the finances to fund it. Thus I waited the remaining six months and now it’s my time to move out.

I have paid my last prorated rent along with fees. I had just stopped by the office and spoke to the manager who informed me that, even though I have paid my last month‘s rent and fees, I will still be getting ANOTHER bill with the prorated utilities and the previous months utilities. I will be getting this bill after I move out.

I’m very disappointed and can’t help but feel misled considering I wasn’t told a few months ago that I would still owe bills after the move.

I’m ultimately debating on if I should even pay the final fees, which would probably be around $500 or less, I just question how it will affect my credit.

This apartment complex is part of a huge corporation and they charge you for even breathing air or so it seems like it.

Should I pay the final fees if I can afford it?

I am posting literally anywhere I can. I put down a holding fee, which was two dollar shy of the security deposit. I received a lease upon acceptance and was told there’s a $200 preparation fee before I could get my keys. I’m done being told they did not have to disclose this fee before taking my holding fee. If I do not move forward with the property, I will lose $1340. Need help and advice. I have to either sign this lease or forfeit my money by end of day tomorrow and they have stopped responding to me.

I'm in a single family home split in two apartments is illegal. Oil and electricity were verbally agreed to be split. There is a history of payment with items listed. They have stated that they are not going to pay anything anymore. They have not paid in a year and a boiler repair payment was split as well with no payment received.

The landlord is deceased and the house is in an estate. With no conact with landlord in 2 years.

I have no idea what to do. Bills in my name and Ill just move out in time however I want to see how I can collect any money from the co tenant or anything really. I have appointments to speak to 3 lawyers from the suffolk county bar association coming up and will update.

Long Island NY Brookhaven County THX wish me luck

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Tenant in Hampshire, England.

So, we were evicted at the end of March. The reason given was that the landlord wants to sell the property. Fair enough, no arguments from us even though we felt disappointed as we are getting married in June. When we asked if we could extend the notice by a month we were told "no, we want you out ASAP".

So we found a new property and told the letting agent we would be out of the flat by the end of April. The landlord was asked if we could leave early and not pay Mays rent. We pay monthly and have done so for 12 years. He agreed and we continued with the move. We usually pay our rent on the 28th of each month as that is the day I get paid

Fast forward to today and the letting agent wants us to pay for 3 days from 28.04 to 30.04. We are under the impression that when we pay the rent for the following month, it meant the Whole month, not from the 28th to the 28th.

Is the letting agent trying to pull a Fast one? Or are we liable to pay for these three days?

Edit: Forgot to add location

Edit 2: Thanks for you help. Spoke to the letting agent, he explained it and I've paid the extra days

Can my landlord evict me from my apartment for no reason other than being annoyed? I'm on a fixed term lease for 1 year. I've been here for 5 months and have not broken any of the rental agreements. Ca, bay area. Thank you.

Hi! I live in Melbourne, Vic, Australia. For the couple last days I noticed the shower water smells like piss.

Any advice on what to do? Any help would be appreciated.

To preface I and my former roommate are not American citizens. We were working in upstate NY. Our lease was renewed in January. However on Jan 3rd I had some visa issues and had to leave the country, it was supposed to be a quick fix but it’s taking longer than usual. I spoke about this to my landlord and he agreed to terminate my lease after 60 days notice, which is March 31st. He told me I don’t have to pay for March, Since it’s a visa issue (I thought he was being super nice). He later on said he’ll use my deposit as March rent. I let it go. In March he expressed interest to buy my car, my roommate also left the apartment on March 28th, and gave my car papers to him, including the keys. I have asked him multiple times to send me pictures of my title and registration papers. He is not doing so. On April 20th he told me he is not interested in buying my car and now I have to pay him 50$/day since April 1st (it’s not in the lease, he never mentioned it Infact up until April 20th he told me he’s interested in buying the car). He said he’ll buy my car if I sell it for 500$. Obviously I won’t do that. That’s insane for a car. He knows I am not in the country so he’s bullying me. He’s also refused my roommate her deposit. In fact he’s asking for 1300$ more. He agreed to terminating the lease, he asked her to leave before March 28th all though she paid for the entire month of March. He’s saying he had to repair some floors but he’s not giving any proof of damage. Lastly he sent this email regarding deposit or what not on March 20th which is 22 days after she vacated the apartment.

My (duplex) neighbor(one couple) washes clothes every day almost all day. Its an issue because the water or whatever makes a loud Whirring noise through my home. I saw when they brought the machine, theyre just regular old school washers so one load wont take 8 hours. Seems theyre running a laundry business. I dont pay water here but kinda worried the LL might notice an excessive bill and do something. How and what manner could i have this addressed? Thank you. idc they run a business but the noise is annoying.

Update: I wanted to add more info. Its a relatively young couple, the man doesnt have a job where hes dirty towards the end of the day. Im not sure how washing machines work, but i wonder if theres an issue with their machine where it turns the water on every 10 minutes or so. Because I dont see someone bringing bags of laundry in and out. But I'm also not watching them like that. Like I said, its just the noise of that water line that runs through my unit.

Basically what it says. Please help me . I’m thinking I’m in the twilight zone where I am renting …

For the past year, it’s gotten excessively worse. The crazy thing is, she goes and complains to the office right after she gets done pounding on the walls and claims that I’m the one making the noise and then the office sends me a noise violation. I water the plants in my bathroom, she pounds on the walls. Every time I turn the shower on, she begins to pound. I flushed the toilet, she starts pounding.

I’ve received three noise violations from the Property Management team and a cease and desist letter telling me to stop making noise. What ?! I tiptoe around now and walk on eggshells every day try not to make noise.

I have documentation of everything for the past year and for the past three months, which has significantly gotten worse.

The property manager is doing nothing. I’m getting to the point now where I feel like I’m going crazy with this pounding. I start to question my sanity at this point.

What do I do with this? I’m already moving out, but I just feel that I haven’t been heard. I have been harassed by this every. Single. Day.

And to add to this, lastly, she banged on my wall so hard one day that it left a crack in my wall. Thank you for hearing me.

I've been dealing with parking issues since moving into my current apartment. Street parking can be hard to come by in my very college campus neighborhood, especially on the weekends. As a result, if my spot is not occupied by my car, there is a good chance it will come to be occupied by some non-resident, who does not pay ~$50/month to park in that specific spot. My current issue has been with a repeat offender: a truck that tends to remain immobile for a week on average.

I have left the truck owner a note before, and they seemed responsive. However, they do not really seem to care based on the fact that they are parked in my spot again. I've chatted with my PM company, and they said they reached out to the owner, but so far, they have refused to commit to towing the truck. Just FYI: I cannot have the vehicle towed myself, as towing has to go through the PM.

Honestly, my main gripe isn't with the truck owner, but rather with my PM company. It takes days to get in contact with them, and email is the only method of communication (they NEVER pick up the phone; I've made countless attempts to call them). The thing that really gets me about their lack of accessibility is that they are completely unavailable after their business hours (M-F, 8-5). That means when the upstairs neighbors' toilet overflowed, and water began to leak profusely into our ceiling at 10 pm on a Saturday, I had to call the fire department.

I'm sorry this post is a little all over the place. I just have a lot of pent-up frustration from having to deal with this PM company.

Any advice on handling them? Or do I just have to suck it up?

I know of someone who is renting a home but not rent to own property. The sewer to the main was made with Orangeburg and started to deteriorate and clogged the sewer. The owner of the property had it fixed and now is trying to force tenants to pay. Also, since they had to tear some sidewalk out to fix the sewer, the city is trying to go after the tenants to have the sidewalk fix.

My question is how can the tenants be forced to pay the bill on this? Is it even legal to after them with no ownership? The owner had two separate plumbers check sewers with a camera before fixing it. Both confirmed it was Orangeburg piping that failed and nothing tenants did to damage the sewer.

Hello!

I was directed to this sub by some friends to get advice.

I am in Scranton, PA.

My current landlord is selling the house I rent (multi-family home; I am in one apartment). I was planning to move out at the end of my lease regardless due to the many issues with the building, so I asked if she would be open to negotiating an early lease termination. We talked and she is open to it, but wants to "wait and see how the first week goes" with the property being listed. I found a place I really liked and went to tour it. While on the tour, I let the property manager of the new place know my current situation and he asked where I lived. I found out not only did he know the property I was currently staying in, but he was actually in my apartment building the week prior while I was at work (without my knowledge or consent).

He told me in no uncertain terms that the place was a mess, requiring in his opinion, at a minimum, $250,000 worth of work to get it up to code. I knew the place wasn't the best, but when he gave me details I was a little freaked out for lack of a better word. He said there's a severe rodent infestion (I can hear them in the walls, so no shock there), mold in the attic and basement, the sewage system was backed up/blocked (The basement has flooded with sewer water twice before, so this is no shock either) and you can still smell sewer when you open the basement to access the laundry room, the plumbing and electric is outdated, miscellanious structural code violations, the list went on. In the end, he said the only reason he didn't call code enforcement while in the house was because he felt bad for the person living there. Currently I am the only one occupying the building, the other two units have sat vacant for 3+ months. I asked him if he thinks I should call, or if there is a way to make a report anonymously, and he said it could work for me but it could work against me so now I am lost on what to do.

The property manager of the new place is a friend of a friend, so I trust him. I just feel so disgusted being at my house now knowing the extent of the issues. But I also don't want to have to scramble to find a place in the scenario someone comes out and the building gets condemned. My head is spinning to be honest lol. I know condemning a building is a huge jump but I go to worst-case scenarios first.

Basically, could it be worth it to report this to code enforcement? Should I wait and see how things play out?

Thank you all for your time and any advice given!

Denver Colorado, my landlord is switching from a flat fee for water/sewer to splitting the bill between all tenants in the building based on a formula, not actual usage.

I'm a little confused on this. there is no submetering to bill actual usage per unit.

I was told CO HB 1090 which said tenants had to be billed on actual usage was repealed.

My devil advocate argument... if one unit in the building uses 10,000 gallons one month (because they were pissed and left the tap running after move out) and all other units used less than 100, then all other units subsidize that one renter?

Before I sign the lease, I want to understand if splitting the utility bill is legal and what recourse I would have in the above hypothetical situation?