Q: We owe back rent but have been paying rent but we got an 4 day eviction notice, the landlord won't fix the air it's hot.
The city health inspector came and said we needed to move out, the foundation is sinking the basement floods and there is mold in our sons room and my wife and i have an son who is autistic, my mom is an disabled elderly woman whom stays with us we take care of and we have an infestation of brown recluse, our air stopped working and the landlord won't fix it and it's 85 degrees in our apartment and we are burning up, I've been struggling with finding a job which I finally found one but we got an 4 day eviction notice from the landlord, we have to be out by July 3rd but I won't get my first check until two weeks and I can't have my family and Mom on the streets, I don't know what to do, this apartment is not livable, when we moved here we had no choice because there were no others places available plus when they had the pics of the apartment online they didn't show the inside only the outside, I took pictures of the inside of all the issues this apartment has.
A: Sorry to hear of your troubles. If you received a notice of eviction—but haven’t been sued and lost and received a notice that the sheriff is coming to return possession to the landlord—then you won’t be physically forced out by July 3. If you get served a summons, show up at court. Perhaps you can find some social services charitable organization to help.
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