I have a 60 day notice to vacate, but I have done nothing wrong. My son and I live in Los Angeles, in a non rent controlled city. We have been here 3 years BUT my name is not on the lease. I pay by check on time. His father is the lease holder and agreed to sign for me because I have a prior eviction from 4 years ago when he abandoned me and my son. My son is disabled and I am a single parent which makes moving difficult at this time. Last year the manager went around passing out letters stating that all persons residing in the units need to be listed on the lease. They asked me to fill out an application, and pay a $25.00 credit check fee which I said I had already done 2 years prior. So I did it again... and then I asked if I would be put on the lease, but I was told no because of the eviction. Nothing else was mentioned about it again, as I assume the manager just tucked it away in her files.
Last week my new car got keyed and when I told the manager she said there was nothing she could do. It's parked in what's supposed to be a secure underground garage for the tenants. Two years ago pigeons lived under my bathtub from an open crawl space on the 2nd floor. It took months for the landlord to remove them, and only when I called the health department from the rancid smell did he actually have them removed. Roaches are a problem, but because I am so clean I seem to have them under control. I always ask to be on the exterminators list when he comes out to treat the units twice a month.
Fast forward to today. I see the landlord on the premises, which is rare, so I approached him and nicely mentioned that my car had been keyed 5 days ago and I asked if he had cameras rolling that would have filmed whoever had done this. He asked if I knew who it was, I said no. He said the cameras are only survelance no film. He then asked me if I was on the lease. I said no but I've been here 3 years... THEN he said he was going to issue me a 60 Day Notice!
My question is... (thank you for reading this far) is if they had already had my application and credit check last year and didn't issue me a notice to vacate once they saw the eviction on my report, then can I file a retaliation suit against the landlord?
Last week my new car got keyed and when I told the manager she said there was nothing she could do. It's parked in what's supposed to be a secure underground garage for the tenants. Two years ago pigeons lived under my bathtub from an open crawl space on the 2nd floor. It took months for the landlord to remove them, and only when I called the health department from the rancid smell did he actually have them removed. Roaches are a problem, but because I am so clean I seem to have them under control. I always ask to be on the exterminators list when he comes out to treat the units twice a month.
Fast forward to today. I see the landlord on the premises, which is rare, so I approached him and nicely mentioned that my car had been keyed 5 days ago and I asked if he had cameras rolling that would have filmed whoever had done this. He asked if I knew who it was, I said no. He said the cameras are only survelance no film. He then asked me if I was on the lease. I said no but I've been here 3 years... THEN he said he was going to issue me a 60 Day Notice!
My question is... (thank you for reading this far) is if they had already had my application and credit check last year and didn't issue me a notice to vacate once they saw the eviction on my report, then can I file a retaliation suit against the landlord?
