Frankly, you need to hire an attorney. The cost of hiring an attorney is bound to be less than a tenant who isn't paying rent for months on end,...

Can I get my security deposit back?

Security, yes.

Hi, I had an appt with my previous divorce atty with a few questions. I had to cancel due to illness. I have a doctors note.

Without knowing anything about your situation, I find it extremely unusual and unprofessional to learn an attorney is seeking to collect from a...

Eviction of a tenant

Not all Section 8 tenancies are equal. In many cases, tenants are still responsible for partial rent payments (based on their incomes). So, if...

Apartment was repainted due to hurricane sandy, found paint on my clothes, they are ruined, does my landlord have to replace?

You've asked a number of questions about your unit, each subtly different and none giving the entire picture. At this point, you appear to have...

What kind of procedures can we start doing since rent is late, they are already late on this month and he is been late past 3 mo

As my colleagues have noted, not paying rent on time can be good cause to evict under the Anti-Eviction Act. Your parents' situation is difficult,...

Apartment being fixed, landlord working on place are running up high energy bills. Does he have to help pay?

If you're not staying in the unit, and your LL is running the electricity for the purposes of fixing same, there's a few things to...

Is there a conflict to collecting unemployment and working part time?

To add to Ms. Rubin's excellent response: The Dept of Labor & Workforce Development will apply a formula to your UIBs whereby the reported weekly...

Can I go to court to file a complaint to break my lease?

I agree with counsel: you should put your LL on written notice of all these defects to the unit, your safety concerns, and even the super's...

I just need an attorney to take a look of my papers? Is that possible?

If you need documents reviewed, you can probably find an attorney to look them over for a reasonable price. That said, if the attorney sees...