Can I not pay rent at my business because the landlord turned off the water in the kitchen

Dear Brooklyn business tenant: Your landlord is not limited to suing you for rent; your rent withholding may be the equivalent of a self-driven...

Can a landlord keep a deposit if I gave 6 months notice that I would not be able to move in and the landlord re-rented it?

Dear Rochester Tenant: Your $500 deposit for a reserved rental in Florida is dependent on Florida law. The deposit does not seem covered by the...

What do i have to do to legally get someone out of a property?

Dear Rochester Property Owner: Your consideration of the tenant's good record is a nice gesture. If your tenant accepts your change of heart...

Should Include examples of complaint/summons in counter suit?

Dear New York Defendant: A counterclaim is an affirmative pleading where a defendant sets out facts to support a cause of action for a judgment...

Can my landlord evict me so soon after he took my rent?

Dear New York Tenant: Caught holding over after expiration of the lease attempting to force a month to month tenancy into existence paying rent...

If I win my eviction case or Attorney General reinstates me back in my house, how long can I stay before I am evicted again?

Dear Hyde Park Tenant: I know we have corresponded frequently and in great detail about the house you live in the two landlords, the...

Now, what are our options here? The services for treatment are time consuming and costly. Can we evict? Can we Make them pay?

Dear Newburgh Property Owner: Generally, a landlord is primarily responsible for the eradication of bed bugs. The law does not recognize as...

Is the landlord violating zoning regulations by not providing parking in our R6 zone? If so, what cure/recourse do we have?

Dear Brooklyn Tenant: Do you mean all nine spaces are used by some of the tenants with vehicles none of the tenants with vehicles or by no one...

Can a landlord evict cause we make the property look better?

Dear South Berlin Tenant: Your landlord must point to a specific clause in the lease that defines the act of zealous groundskeepping as a...

Dear NYC Tenant: "Stale Rent" as a defense in a nonpayment summary proceeding, is a special extension of the equitable doctrine of "laches"...