Q: Can I sue my building if my room keeps flooding since I moved in
I live in a single room occupancy its very unhealthy for me I was also going thru an domestic violence and when I asked repeatedly to move and even contacted victims of violent crime and the women's against violent acts the building management pretended to move me to another unit in the building which to me made no sense I requested numerous times to be moved out the building. Not only that I was without a way into my building because the clerks are never there my key card stopped working so I replaced there lock with a lock I can access, sewage was coming out of my drain cockroaches feces for minutes at a time creating this nasty smell in my room destroying my belongings the carpet i bought to cover the eaten up carpet and wood I had to dispose off alot of my dishes because feces got on them on my sponges there is kitchen no bathroom in my room just a sink and I am forced to use it as a multi facility there is a kitchen in. The basement there are two bathrooms in the halls but half
A:
more info is needed.
clearly, this facility is not up to code.
you have an inherent promise of habitability when you move somewhere.
you can go to small claims; report to state and city etc
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