Q: my aunt,landlord, refuses to pay and make needed repairs on my residence. what do i do?
i have a puddle of crap, literally under my trailer and all she has done is said she will do something and gave me a box of ridx. she has known about the plumbing issue about a month after we moved in, it is a year now. the deed to the property is still in my mothers name, so by law does she have any right to be charging me rent? she takes my rent money and pays her bills with it instead of fixing stuff, am i able to withhold some rent until the problems have been fixed?
A:
You haven't provided enough information to enable anyone to provide you with an intelligent answer.
Why is the land still in your mother's name? If its your mother's land what's your best guess as to why your aunt thinks she can charge you rent? Who owns the trailer? Is this in a town or out in the country? Is this just a trailer sitting on the land or is it in a trailer park?
As very vague general guidance, most cities and towns have health regulations and health enforcement departments such that, if they are made aware of the situation they will make your aunt either fix the problem and clean up the mess or shut the rental unit down.
As further vague guidance it sounds like it might be failed field lines coming out of a septic tank. If so, RidX isn't going to solve the problem, and might even make it worse, according to some authorities. In most situations this would not be a cheap fix.
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