Do I have any legal standing to take the landlord for my rent and personal property?

It is very odd that the house was "condemned" for lack of heat. Check the records of the local enforcement agency. If the GOVERNMENT threw you...

Can I bring him up on harassment charges? What can I do?

It sounds like he is trying to trap you into not being able to pay the rent. Get refunds on the money orders and put the money in a special bank...

Is an occupant of a subsidized housing allowed to bring a girl-friend into his apartment?

Yes, you can have your girlfriend there. No, she cannot stay after your death. If you are in a program where you have to declare the income in...

HOW to defend my self, i have video showing the leak and pictures of the kitchen condition showing the mice and rushes trace.

You're going to have a hard time convincing a court that the landlord agreed verbally to forgive your rent. You are going to have to prove how bad...

Is a lawyer needed to evict this tennant, and where can information be found to proceed without one?

If your aunt is alive, your uncle is not her executor. Only dead people have executors. So, if everything is done by your aunt herself, she can...

How should I negotiate my position if a landlord is trying to raise rents on an illegal building?

You are not entitled to your rent back. But if you withhold your rent, your landlord won't succeed in suing you for it either. You can be...

Do the main floor tenants need to be advised if a lead paint test was done on the upstairs apartment?

No. In a two family home there are very few regulations. There is no reason to believe that lead paint in one part of the house was also used in...

This is legal. There are cases about this sort of thing with bakeries and such. Usually, there isn't much the tenant can do about it, although I...

Must I give the landlord advance notice? When I leave the apartment, will I have to pay to fix the hole in the door?

The question is not how many rooms, but how many apartments. If the building has enough APARTMENTS for three or more families to live...

Applicable law in civil rights and personal injury

There does not appear to be any basis for a finding of racism here. If you have a pattern of some kind, that's one thing, but this doesn't sound...