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This landlord RENTED OUT THEIR TENANT’S HOME ON AIRBNB WITHOUT TELLING THEM.
2.
This landlord expressed a wish to get their tenant to “disappear.”
3.
This tenant complained about drywall falling on them while they were using the tub, and got a passive-aggressive response back from their landlord telling them to move.
4.
This landlord billed the father of their deceased tenant for repairs that results from her dying on the apartment’s rug (since the fire department had to break in the door)…even though he’d already kept her security deposit and last month’s rent in order to fix the damage. He also charged her for not giving a 30-day notice…for dying.
5.
This landlord wanted immediate rent from their resident that was in the hospital.
6.
This landlord was just out of control.
7.
This landlord refused to acknowledge there was an issue with their tenant’s water.
8.
This landlord literally threatened a former tenant to try to get them to take down their accurate review.
9.
This landlord wanted their tenant to be a narc.
10.
This landlord was sexually exploiting their tenant.
11.
This freezer spontaneously caught on fire on a Sunday and the landlord thought it wasn’t a big enough deal to address until Wednesday.
12.
This landlord snuck in a wild stipulation that they could use their tenant’s apartment as their own personal office.
13.
This person found a CAMERA their landlord had installed to spy on them.
14.
This landlord tried to get the tenant to pay for service calls.
15.
This landlord took $100 off the security deposit because they had to change the lightbulb once.
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This landlord evicted their tenant (over text!!!) because they worked at the NHS…during COVID.
17.
This landlord kicked out an older woman from her apartment so he could move in, then asked one of the neighboring tenants for their Wi-Fi.
18.
This landlord entered a tenant’s property without permission to tell them to clean their dryer.
19.
This landlord didn’t seem to think this temperature water was an urgent safety issue.
20.
This landlord tried to find ways to cheat their tenants out of their deposit.
21.
This landlord refused to fix the floor and suggested a rug be put there instead.
22.
This landlord refused to allow heaters or electric blankets in the dead of winter, then encouraged roommates to narc on each other.
23.
This landlord added a clause in their lease that tenants couldn’t cook with spices.
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And this landlord tried to evict their tenant for using spices.
25.
This landlord tried to forbid tenants from cooking in the kitchen.
26.
This landlord tried to start a bidding war for their rental property.
27.
This immature landlord got pissy that their tenant didn’t address them with a “hello.”
28.
This landlord tried to track down their former tenant for a single cent of rent.
29.
This landlord claimed to not be able to afford basic repairs yet had THIS car.
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And this is the car of a landlord that just raised the rent for the millionth time.
31.
This landlord wanted to not renew a woman’s lease because he was afraid she’d sue him for getting injured because he hadn’t installed a handrail…instead of just, you know, installing a handrail.
32.
This landlord was forced to give a tenant their own belongings. The horror!!!
33.
This landlord required their tenant to work for them…for a measly $85 a month off their rent.
34.
This landlord “fixed” a giant ceiling link from their tenant’s upstairs neighbor’s shower.
35.
This landlord tried to claim these cockroaches were just “water bugs.”
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This landlord tried to make this tenant take down their Black Lives Matter poster.
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This landlord told tenants of three apartments that they’d have to vacate the building for one to three days while the stairs were repaired…then refused to offer a hotel and basically went “figure it out” when the tenants asked where they should stay.
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And finally, all of these landlords were absolutely awful people.
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Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/awful-landlords-who-shouldnt-own-property