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Maryland does allow a tenant to withhold rent if a landlord does not address repair requests within an adequate amount of time. However, there are VERY specific steps a tenant must take to do this, none of which you have done. Thus, it appears your landlord is taking you to court to evict you...

I take a bit of a different view on this... 1. Send a WRITTEN notice to your landlord regarding both the broken shower tile business and the electrical zapping concern. State you'd like the repair addressed within a certain time period. List the time period. 2. If no success, contact...

So...you'd rather move at 35 weeks pregnant, facing having an eviction on your record rather than walking over to management and getting this confusion solved? Seems like a rather, well, dumb choice on your part. Stop being so cowardly and simply walk in and get this straightened out. Gail

Why do you believe the landlord has "defrauded" you of almost $60K? You've been renting below market value for six years and doing fine with all of this. Unfortunately, it's the landlord that got caught (perhaps innocently, perhaps not so innocently) renting a 2 family unit as a 3. Sounds...

" In February 2014 enough was finally enough, I presented them with 7 months rent, and told them they would need to spend the spring and summer making the home habitable. At the time, they agreed, even though I should have known better I didn't follow the proper course such as formally...

Fumes from "steam pipes" are not toxic. Steam pipes typically hold, well, steam from hot water, heated in hot water boilers. Having lived in basement apartments with steam heat it is often difficult to control the temperatures (we were often broiling in the early evening hours and freezing at...

If your roommate is continuing to pay her share of the rent, she is not your ex-roommate; she is your current roommate and has all the rights that you do until the lease would normally end. That means she is entitled to a key to the rental property. Gail

" This is very contagious for Hep. A, E. Coli." Gruesome factor aside, you do realize this isn't contagious unless you handle the product (and in terms of the Hep A there's to guarantee it came from someone carrying this virus; it may actually be your own toilet drain backing up into your...

Frankly, I thought her request for a lock on her door with other roommates in the place wasn't an unreasonable request in the first place. Gail

Familiarize yourself with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (formerly known as the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act) which allows one to break their lease upon entering the service: http://www.military.com/benefits/military-legal-matters/scra/servicemembers-civil-relief-act-overview.html...

Likely nothing. Stay out of her room and if there are other roommates involved, make certain they also do not go into her room. If there ARE other roommates involved, how do you know they AREN'T going into her room and taking some of her things? Gail

The "tenant" isn't threatening the landlord since this guy isn't on the lease. Unless you're actually fearful for your life from these threats, I'd probably ignore the big mouth and I'd sure ignore the demand for a letter of recommendation from this boob. If he continues with these threats...

All states give a landlord a certain amount of time to determine damages above normal wear and tear, even if a move-out check list is required at the time the keys are handed over at move out. It is not unusual that further damage will be found after this. In the case of a security deposit...

" What are my legal options, if any, in having her removed from the lease? " None "Does the fact that she committed and threatened physical violence against me hold any weight?" Since the police will do nothing, no. "She also smokes weed in the apartment and frequently has guests over late...

"Do we have any legal recourse to get out of the lease?" Based on your assumption (and no actual facts) that the landlord now suffers from a "mental illness"...no. Gail

You would contact your local Code Enforcement office first. Gail

Many threaten to sue. Few follow through. If she does, she'll have to prove in court what the heck made the place "uninhabitable" and why she waited until she moved out to notify you regarding this. It will give the judge a chuckle as she stumbles her way through this. Gail

No, you can't just "make" her leave. You need to begin the process of eviction (known as a dispossessory in Georgia). You begin by providing her a Pay or Quit notice giving her a certain number of day to pay her rent (I give my tenants 3 days) or "quit"...leave. If she does neither, you then...

"why can't I just tell them to leave?" Of course you can just tell them to leave. The issue of following up with an eviction is if these deadbeats laugh in your face and tell you to take a hike when you ask them to go. And, if you consider calling the police to help you out, they will tell...

If your boyfriend is there "all the time" (including throughout the nights) then the implication is, of course is that the guy is living with you even if he has his own residence. This means extra wear and tear on the rental property which the landlord is attempting to cover with the extra...