Q: My landlord is trying to illegally evict me for calling a building inspector on him, what should I do?
I rent a upper apartment in a duplex from Chapman Properties and I have had issues with sewage backup flooding into my basement for over a month. It has caused damage to my personal property that I'm going to have to pay out of pocket to replace. I've had to pay out of pocket to do laundry because of this incident. My landlord does not want to seem to actually fix the issue but instead seems content on blaming his tenants for it claiming that someone is Flushing baby wipes. To me that means that there is a issue with the septic and it probably needs to be pumped. The last time this happened the city had to come clean them out of the sewers. None of the landlords tenants are flushing baby wipes. But the landlord is aggressive and hostile towards tenants blaming them for the issue. When we finally exercised our legal rights by getting a building inspector involved the landlord sent us an eviction notice as retaliation. We are on a month-to-month rental agreement.
A: The landlord can simply provide you notice that your month-to-month lease will not be continued for another month. That would not be an eviction. Evictions occur for violations of leases, such as not paying rent, destroying the property, disturbing other tenants. It seems like you should look for someplace else to live, from a pragmatic standpoint.
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