Justice Shall Prevail!

What a ridiculously bizarre situation to have to be in!

Before ever moving into this apartment, which is the upstairs of a single-family home, I informed the landlord of our disabilities and the need for emotional support animals in accordance with ADA guidelines and the Fair Housing Law. So, they've known all along about our disabilities, and yet this still happened??

May 31st of last year, I had a cervical fusion performed to prevent me from becoming a paraplegic. The surgery was the necessary result of my difficulty in dealing with stress because of my disabilities. The symptoms I have been dealing with throughout this ordeal made me feel as though I had lost nearly every part of who I am. I fought through hell and back and had been doing so much better until a few weeks ago.

May 11, 2024, I parked in the driveway with the permission of the eldest male landlord and because of the difficulty I was having leading up to my surgery. I was later reprimanded by the female landlord because she had asked me not to use the driveway; however, she also made no attempts whatsoever to ensure I had the required accessible parking options in accordance with ADA guidelines. A sign was eventually, though also only temporarily, placed to try and prevent others from parking in the only available option to me. Mind you, this is because they have a trailer in the driveway, which they are not even using, blocking the otherwise available space for another vehicle to fit easily.

On September 9, 2024, we heard vacuuming downstairs before 7 am for the first time, and it resulted in my fiancé bolting out of bed in a panic. He is a veteran with PTSD as well as numerous other diagnoses. He politely asked the younger male's caregiver if it was necessary for her to be vacuuming that early. She responded that she was just doing as she was told. Later, when I was home alone, the elder male landlord came upstairs and told me to "Tell Greg to mind his [expletive] business what goes on downstairs." It threw me into a terrible panic attack.

On September 24, 2024, we received a retaliatory letter advising our rent would be increased, yet said nothing out of fear and complied with their demand.

For nearly 4 months, we attempted to endure the vacuuming out of fear, until it affected us to the point we couldn't any longer.

On December 30, 2024, I made a written complaint to the female landlord and ensured it was obvious this was a disability-related accommodation request. We weren't asking for much, it normally wasn't happening until after 6:30, and we were just asking for them to wait until after 7 to make a difference in our ability to quietly and peacably enjoy the apartment we have been paying them to rent.

On January 8, 2025, I had to make written complaints about both the vacuuming and the parking.

On January 15 and January 22, 2025, I had to make additional written complaints about the vacuuming.

After that, things were quiet for over 2 months, which serves as proof that it is absolutely not necessary for it to have been happening at such an ungodly hour in the first place!

March 28th resulted in another written complaint about the vacuuming.

April 8th, I had to complain about the lack of accessible parking again because a caregiver had parked where I normally do.

On April 9th, that very same caregiver was vacuuming before 7 am again. In addition to a written complaint to the female landlord, yet again, and advising her I would be filing an official complaint against them, I also attempted to explain to the caregiver that this needs to stop happening because my fiancé is a disabled veteran with PTSD. She started yelling at me that we had to move if we had a problem with it, as though it's her place to say such a thing!!

On April 10th, we received a notice to vacate by May 31st, which is obviously in retaliation for our repeated complaints because they apparently can't be bothered following the Fair Housing Law. The female and elder male landlords also harassed my fiancé at work about it, which is also against the law.

And this is all aside from us silently enduring multiple instances of the elder male landlord harassing us, treating us like we are responsible for water entering the downstairs when washing dishes or showering, when in fact we were informed by the plumber that the cause is the old pipes that need to be replaced.

There have been so many lease violations, violations of our tenant rights, and violations of federal law. We are suffering tremendously as a result of their unnecessary actions against us. We are good people, have been good tenants as evidenced by the complete lack of any complaints against us in the nearly 3 years we've lived here, and we do NOT deserve to be treated this way!

My autistic son is missing school today because he has been too stressed out with everything going on. He's distancing himself from his friends, crying himself to sleep, and having meltdowns again that had subsided for well over a year. My fiancé was offered overtime today and declined because his PTSD was triggered again this morning by vacuuming at 6:50 am! So, we are missing school and work because of their repeated unlawful behavior??

I had to reach out to my doctor the other day for medical advice because of how significant a regression in healing I have experienced as a result of their actions. I had to schedule several appointments to address my mental health because of how badly it is affecting my neck pain. Today I had to reach out again!!

Not to mention, we have been too afraid to advise them about the black mold growing somewhere behind the bathtub, since around the time this all began, or the fact that they did such a horrible job doing the tiling that the cement behind it is disintegrating, and it needs to be completely retiled. We haven't advised them of these things, one of which is toxic to us, because we fear they'll just treat us like we caused it, even though we didn't. The mold is there because they never installed proper ventilation, and the tiling is falling off because they did the work themselves instead of hiring a professional, which they informed us of.

We have done nothing to deserve all of this, and the suffering must come to an end!! Justice will be served.

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