Tenant Rights In Pennsylvania

Ok i am going to relay all factual context and im hoping you can show me all the possible ways the renter may address all unlawful instances in the situation

Pennsylvania

April *, *, * paid for the first month, last month, and security deposit plus application fee to rent a *-bedroom house. When we moved in, we took photos of certain things that needed maintenance and followed the procedure, as was told to me by 2M Management, as to what the protocol was to submit maintenance issues. 2M Management uses a platform entitled Appfolio to manage payments, bill notices, sharing of documents, as well as the place to submit maintenance orders. We renewed our lease for another year in April of * and to be completely honest we don't have a desire to move our family, we are basically being backed into a scary corner and its becoming extremely obvious that the Landlord never had any intention of repairing anything or holding to his responsibilities and obligations provided in the lease. For the first 11 months of the 1st 12 month lease we had no hot water. Yes, no hot water all winter and beyond that. It didn't matter how many times I reported the issue via Appfolio as well as direct text messaging with the office secretary, it was something that was of no concern to 2M Management in any way. Sadly, there were multiple incidents where I would send messages asking about the necessary repairs and my messages would go completely unanswered/unacknowledged for weeks until I would receive a message asking me "when will I be making another rent payment". Unfortunately the issue was only addressed right before the lease renewal when we were "behind" on rent and the Landlord filed with the local Justice Of The Peace to evict us and he sent a company in to fix our hot water right before the hearing as he was concerned of me sharing with the Judge that we had been without hot water for the entire year we leased the property, minus * weeks. I suppose looking back now maybe a renewal was not the smartest after going the entire year without hot water, however moving is a lot and my husband recently diagnosed with cancer, having little ones, to move seemed like an unnecessary headache to self-impose ourselves with. Also, the Landlord did have patience for almost 4 months waiting for a Rental Assistance check that was a big help during the pandemic. It was like we felt like we should accept being without hot water due to us being behind on rent, although we both are very aware that that is not the appropriate outlook or evaluation of the situation. I digress, there are also a few other maintenance concerns that were here upon moving in such as the kitchen sink on the left side was duct taped and had a horrible leak that we had to keep a large pot under it at all times that had to be changed daily, also there was rotten wood all on the base board to the kitchen cabinet under the kitchen sink. A large issue was in our living room there is a large section of the ceiling caving in, it was clear that there had been water damage severely before we moved in that was leading to the ceiling being in such a condition, however, severe mold was growing and could be smelled all through the downstairs. My husband got a ladder and a gas mask and peeked up in the ceiling as much as he could, and he said he was appalled at what he saw and that it was not safe for us and the children in the house to be inhaling. So, as you can imagine, this was profoundly serious, so it was reported multiple times as well. There were even incidents where water was leaking through the ceiling after thetoilet broke in which we were without a toilet for far too long and that is the actual only repair that was done by 2M Management since we moved in. The bathroom sink was broken since we moved in and stayed that way until we repaired it ourselves a few months ago, water had poured through the living room ceiling one evening and broke a brand-new cordless vacuum of mine, all of this was reported, and again no response no acknowledgement no repairs. Also, in our bedroom and the Childrens room, that's adjacent to ours, there was a very bad roof leak that was there when we moved in and every time it rained the walls would get so mushy and wet it was scary. Dark orangish and brown streaks down the walls, and at the top of our wall there is a large patch of what we are not even sure. Possibly mold, all we know is it is not normal and looks very dangerous. Again, all this was reported, and no response was given, no acknowledgement of the issue. What is even more disturbing is that each time I would report these maintenance issues via the Appfolio platform, 2M Management would log into the system, read them, a a FALSELY mark them as "Completed" without them being completed. Without them even being checked out. On one such instance when I saw that this had occurred, I then typed back "Not sure why this was marked Completed when it has not been completed and all repairs are still currently needing done". What was the response to this? 2M Management then in response to my message regarding this mistake, was to mark my message as "Completed". Completely disregarding what * had said and never once inquiring, adjusting the mistake, moving forward with repairs, nothing. To date not one of these maintenance issues has been addressed. However, this Landlord does do everything he can to squeeze extra money each month from us. He added things into the Lease that are so unbelievably shady its appalling. See the lease was only ever signed by my *-year-old son, never by myself. Even though the rental assistance came from me, and my name was on the court documents as well as my sons for the past eviction, but I personally never signed a lease, and if I had seen the lease prior, I absolutely would have spoken out about all the outrageous "extra fees" he puts that he can impose on us at will anytime he feels like it. Now, what is happening that has brought me to you is that in September of * we finally got caught up on almost 3 months of rent we were struggling to get current on, we had explained that due to my husband now being on Workman's Comp and our financial situation changing, what arrangement would work best to never get behind again. 2M Management stated for us to make weekly payments of $*-$* so that we would always pay the $*,*.* due cach month. So, we stuck to this and what happened? Within a week and a half of us being caught up completely we received a * Day notice to vacate due to us not paying the full $*.*.* by the 5th. This completely went against the agreement from a week and a half prior, and we could not understand why he would do something like this. Nonetheless we did all we could to get the remaining balance within a week. This truly opened my eyes to the realization of the actual situation. That we were dealing with a landlord who had no intentions of ever fulfilling his responsibilities or requirements as stated in the lease as well as by the Standards of the Law or Pennsylvania's Statutes and Codes. This motivated me to sit down and begin going over all charges, fees, bills, and decided to finally formally create a document showing all discrepancies and listing all the maintenance issues and to respectfully attempt to communicate with honor what we needed done and for the necessary adjustments to be made for fees we have been charged constantly that shouldn't have been. We have made our weekly payments, and on November *, *, * sent the email containing the formal document I created, that was required to require the landlord to address the multiple maintenance concerns in the home and I hoped for a response that could finally get our home back into safe, healthy, conditions. I could not have been more wrong! On November * * * received the first response from 2M Management which was hostile, completely disregarded allthe issues and concerns, and ended with him telling me that "I was lucky not to have been evicted when I was behind on rent in the past and that since this is how * want to be causing trouble that he will move forward to evict me next time and will make sure he executes the eviction". I was absolutely mortified to read this letter/email. I was not only scared, but I truly realized that my family was in a terrible situation with a landlord that does not operate professionally from a place of ethics or honor, but a human being who has no regard from his renters and we are SSS signs and nothing more. This had truly become a scary realization. I responded with respect and honor, I pointed out that threatening me is also against the Law and I stated that it was unethical and unprofessional to address these issues in this manner. Well, it didn't get any better. So, after the next email came that was no better, even far worse than the first even, I stated I had no more communication I was going to be making and that it was evident that I was only going to receive threats and hostility and absolutely nothing productive was ever going to manifest in our communications. Well, here's where things go all the way left. November *, *, at *:* PM a * Day Notice to Vacate is posted to my front door. The landlord had added December's rent onto the amount he had listed on the document, which is Ludicrous. It stated that we had * Days to Vacate for: Lease Expiration (which our lease expires in April *) and for unpaid rent of $*, *.*. This absolutely floored me. I immediately logged onto Appfolio to see if there had been anything added to my rent ledger and that's when I saw that he had added an "extra" $* late fee...a $* Posting Fee for putting this absolutely falsified unlawful document onto my door, as well as added December's rent to November's amount due and I realized that this was retaliation and that I needed to take action immediately because this was *% unlawful. It's now getting colder and colder and the HVAC Vents in this home are all corroded and therefore all the heat is just blowing out into the basement and this old home is freezing *% of the time, in which I turned this in as well, but it seems freezing and living in fear is all we are going to receive. On December *, *, there was an administrative proceeding at the local Magistrate, it became evident immediately that in this small town the Administrative Clerk a.k.a Judge, had a bias and had a strong repour with the landlord's agent. Mr. Staaf owns many properties in different states in the US. He tends to move quickly to eviet tenants, therefore he and his agent are in front of magistrate judges in the town I live in which is a small town in Pennsylvania, so the administrative clerk's aka judges know one another very well and the judges basically award the Judgement in the cases to the Landlord regardless of the facts of the cases. During the December 20th, * proceedings, the landlord's agent perjured himself * times, during his explanation of the matter at hand. After he finished speaking, I was then to speak and I immediately brought the most important matter up, I stated that the Landlord violated due process and the Landlord Tenant Act by not serving a proper lawful Notice to Quit before filing the Complaint for Eviction at the Magistrates. Well, that was met with the Administrative Clerk blatantly breaking her oath of office and outright screamed at me "I don't care if it's illegal or not you can appeal it if you don't like it but we are proceeding" when I stated that the landlord never served me a lawful nor legal Notice to Quit as required by laws and PA Statutes and Codes. I stated this was unlawful to continue after this being made known and I attempted to show her evidence, documented verifiable evidence that the landlord's agent had perjured himself as well as documented evidence that proper eviction procedure was not followed. Again, the Judge snapped back at me saying "did I ask you to hand me anything, no, now sit down". It became clear that the proceeding was just a formality, and that the judgement was for the landlord regardless. Only when I stated that a city inspector was at my home was at my home performing an inspection at my request, and that I also filed a complaint with the PA Health Department, only then did the judge stop the proceedings and issue a continuance pending the report from the inspections. I contacted an Expert Mold analyst company and paid for an Air Quality inspection of the inside and outside of our home on December 8th, *. I had been reporting an extensive mold issue foralmost 2 years now and reported that the Mold in the home was causing health issues with myself and my family, including our two small children that are only * & 3 years old. The Mold Inspection during the month of Christmas was $*.* and the results were, to say the absolute least, alarming. In the *+ page report of the findings, it was discovered that there not only * but * toxic mold types discovered in our home and in alarming levels. Hoth mold spore types are carcinogenic, and they were only found inside the home, meaning that they were not found to be coming from outside, they were created and growing only inside the home. Proving even more how negligent this Landlord is. These mold types were extremely toxic and, as we recorded our Senior Expert Mold Analysts explanation in detail of the findings of the report, it was stated that it is very likely that the mold in the home possibly directly contributed to my husband's recent diagnosis of multiple tumors on his lungs in March of * I have this recording if needed so a full detailed understanding of the mold analysis can be understood and obtained. During the proceedings on December *, *, * also served the landlord's agent all the reports, proof, and all necessary documentation that a consumer or tenant is required to provide the landlord in these situations, going by state and federal guidelines. Again, the landlord retaliated. I was immediately mailed a Notice to Terminate the Lease, dated December 20th, *, and only issued after his discovery that the proceedings. were continued instead of simply the judgement being for the landlord immediately as he expected it to be. The City Inspector issued a report and notice that almost * city zoning violations were discovered, and the landlord was given 35 days to address and fix all violations or face a *,* a day fine per violation. Even with all this, the landlord has done absolutely nothing to fix or rectify any of the issues. Not one violation, not the mold, nothing. Furthermore, the landlord made a statement that anything that happens to the tenants on the property is not his problem as he wrote in the fraudulent lease "Landlord's insurance does not cover any injuries a tenant may experience and that he is not liable in any way, so he isn't worried about anything I report". That must be one of the most malicious, arrogant depraved comments a human being can make about who is supposed to be responsible for maintaining multiple properties and one can only imagine the conditions his other tenants are living in. Not only did we go 11 months out of a *-month lease without hot water, but myself, my small children, my older children, and my husband have been and still are breathing in toxic air every day we have lived here. We have a rotted-out ventilation systems that is absolutely not capable of operating correctly, letting all heat that the furnace puts out, right out into the basement where all the holes in the ventilation ducts are the size of softballs or bigger, making heating the home next to impossible and resulting in extremely high gus bills. All I have said so far, and yet the landlord has ignored any and every single report and maintenance request, every single communication of any type that there is an issue with the home. The continuance was on February 1st, *. The Judge who oversaw these magistrate proceedings did wwear us in, as the other Judge did not. Again, the landlord's agent spoke, perjured himself multiple times, and then it was my time * speak. I began again by showing and stating that the proper Eviction procedure was not followed and to continue would be unlawful. The Judge continued ignoring the proof of the matter. I then stated that this was a matter of Breach of Contract, Breach of Warranty of Habitability, Negligence Per Se, Negligence and a slew of other violations. I cited instances that warranted these claims. When the landlord's agent was asked by the Judge, if any of the violations from the City inspector or any of the maintenance requests had ever heen addressed, the landlords agent admitted by stating "No, and we don't plan to fix anything until she's either evicted or her lease is up in April". The Judge said nothing in response to this. The landlord's agent also made a blatant threat during these proceedings stating, "if this gets continued again, I am going to call the water authority and have her water shat off", The Judge said nothing. The landlord's agent admitted to leaving the tenant without hot water for * of the *-month initial lease. Again, the judge said nothing. It was as if these procoodings were all a formality, there was no concern for the actual law, no concern of Tort law, no concern that the landlord actually broke the terms of the agreement, all that mattered was the Money, Money Money Money. That is it. All that was ever going to happen, was the landlord getting paid, moncy he was not owed as the supreme court states "Pennsylvania courts have held that a tenant's obligation to pay rent was mutually dependent on express covenants of a landlord to repair and that ta material breach of the landlord's covenant to repair relieved a tenunt from his obligation to pay rent." McDunel v. Mack Realty Comp * Α. * (*). This matter must not stand as it is. Lawful and legal ramifications are necessary Keep in mind, the man responsible, the landlord, who was convicted after an extensive investigation by the F.B.* and found guilty of "charges of mail, wire and bank fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, United States Attorney David *. Hickton announced today It has been made abundantly clear that this is a human being who exists to use, manipulate, consume, and cheat the public and the government with a sense of arrogance that is the ugliest characteristic I have ever witnessed, and boy is that saying something. Here is a small part of the passage from the website EBI New Brighton Man Pleas Guilty in Large-Sende Mortgage Food Schamo Michael Staaf, *, picaded guilty on Nov. *, *, to two counts before United States District Judge David S. Cercone. In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Staaf operated Beaver Financial Services, which was a mortgage broker business, and several other companies that owned and managed real estate. The investigation has revealed that Staaf and several other individuals engaged in a large-scale mortgage fraud and money laundering scheme involving tens is of millions of dollars and dozens of mainly commercial properties. One aspect of the scheme involved the purchase of properties owned by entities that Staaf controlled through an employee. The purchases were financed through loans. In connection with the loan applications. Staaf and others subunitted fraudulent information related to the financial position of the borrower'purchaser, fraudulent appraisals that overstated the value of the collateral, and other documents that contained other material misrepresentations. There were also second loans associated with some of the properties in which Staaf and others refinanced the e The investigation further revealed that, particularly in connection with commercial properties, Staaf engaged ed in a scheme in which he would "sell" commercial property owned by an entity he controlled to another entity that he controlled at higlily elevated prices. The purchases were financed through fraudulent loan applications and through the submission of fraudulent documents, such as tax returns, rent rolls, leuses, financial statements, and appraisals The investigation revealed that Staaf directed the closing agents at U.S. Settlement Services to misdirect funds directed to payoff existing liens on properties to Staal and I in turn Staaf deposited those funds into various entities bank accounts controlled by Staaf. Keep in mind the home that I am leasing is a shell company. His Property Management company is called 2M Management, yet the owner of the home is Hurricane Auto Wash. One of * LLC's that are registered to the same address as 2M Management, and all of which are registered under someone che's name, other than the actual landlord himself. Just like he was doing in *. February 23rd, * was the scheduled lock out date, but since I filed an appeal at the Beaver County Courthouse and received a stay of the eviction pending a hearing Monday February 26th, *, in which a final decision would be made on the Motion for Appeal. I properly served the landlord, Michael Staaf a copy of the timestamped paperwork, which gives proof that it was known by Mr. Staaf that there was not to be a lockout on the 23rd as was previously scheduled. However I did not drop a copy off at the magistrates in New Brighton, so that the Constable would be made aware of this. So, Friday, February 23rd *, the front door of my home was OPENED and the Landlords Plaintiff's Agent Travis Miller and a female Constable, walked right into my home. No knocking occurred, just an outright Breach and Entry was made without any apology, or any shows of regret was given when it was made known to both intruders that all necessary paperwork staying the proccdwes of Lock Out's was filed and the Landlord/Plaintiff was fully aware of this before he stood by and was a party y to the Breach and Entry of my home. I explain that I filed the necessary paperwork and that I received a stay of the proceedings pending a hearing while handing the documents to the constable The landlord's agent stood there acting like he had no idea what I was talking about, and just like i about, and just stated that his boss, all I previous previ Magistrate proceedings, he of course in all lied when I the Landlord/Plaintiff was served the puperwork by hand directly. The constable then says Lam being placed under arrest for driving finei from almost 10 years ago. I could not believe what was even happening to me. Not home when only did the Landlords Agent not leave my home she made this forceful threatening move and grahbed me by the arm with great force, and I asked him to please leave my home so that I may speak with the Constable in private, but he rudely outright stated "I'm not going anywhere, this lock out is still happening regardless of what papers you gave me I am then taken to the Magistrates Offior, the sanse Office that I was at on February 1st, *, *, for the contimamce proceedings and no mention whatsoever of having any warrant mentioned. This is when the proof of Retaliation being made clear to me on the part of the Officers of the New Brighton Magistrate, when I asked "when was this warrant issued?" I was told "In December". Which is untrue as I made a payment days before the hearing in Dece existed at that time. Mind you, then told that me and my family of to go and that if I win the hearit I am also told that unless t r of FACT, that no warrant es, from 10 years ago. I am the house and find somewhere can let me hack in to my home. have $*.* am going to driving fines, and that since they jail for the 10 year old so old and "I should of paid these off a long time ago", so because of these "reasons", she took every dollar I had....every dollar. I was so emotional, so unbelievably mortified that this was even happening to me, absolutely no concern was shown and instead I WAS TREATED like a common criminal that somehow owed the Magistrate my life. They called the courthouse to VERIFY THE PAPERWORK validity. She then said, "oh it seems you do have a stay so you won't have to leave the house right now". Calls the Landlord's Agent Travis Miller and explains that I do in fact have a stay at this time and Travis states that he" will be at my house Monday morning to change my locks regardless". I literally am unbelievably speechless. When I asked, "when was the warrant issued because I was here on February 1st and nothing was ever told to me about a warrant", that's the moment I realized exactly what was happening, yet ANOTHER instance of RETALIATION was inflicted upon me. This instance came from Judge Viscuso. I filed a Judicial Complaint in relation to what had occurred during the Magistrate Proceedings as well as the Praecipe of Writ of Certiorari had been brought before the Courts merely days before, listing all details in the Writ, which was taken by the Judge of those proceedings for almost * hours, copies were made and the document was discussed with fellow Judges, including Judge Viscuso. The day I came to the courthouse, which was February 22nd, *, Judge Viscuso then filed a warrant for my arrest for *-year- old driving fines that were paid on *½ months earlier. So, let me get this straight, *-* follow all laws, statutes, & codes. I write a formal property I am leasing, in Retaliation of my exercising my Tenants Rights. *- I have the Mold Company send an inspector to my home to perform an inspection of the property for the mold issue that I repeatedly had reported to the plaintiff. December I schedule a time she may be able to come do an inspection. The inspection was scheduled and executed on December 20th, *. *-I also contacted the Attorney General, so as to provide the appropriate mediation, as it states online for citizens to do prior to ever taking any sort of legal dispute to the Courts. This resulted in the Landlord's Agent writing a response to the Attorney General of Pennsylvania that was riddled with outright lies and fictitious reasoning for the current situation, as well as stating that they have already filed with the local Magistrates. The Attorney General stated they could not provide mediation due to the Plaintiff already taking it to the Courts. *- I have filed a complaint with HUD as well as the PA Health Department who have now decided, upon all the new revelations in the matter, to open an investigation into the matter *-* am required to appear at the Magistrate letter to the Landlord/Plaintiff requiring him to address all the maintenance issues that I had reported throughout my tenancy at * 8th Avenue New Brighton PA. *-Landlord/Plaintiff responds aggressively, disrespectfully, degrading me and threatening to evict me for requiring him to fix anything. *- Within days of the Landlords response, he then posts an unlawful Document to the front door of the 8th, *, an inspector arrives and performs an air quality test, one that is verifiable and of the standards to be admissible in a Court of law. A week later, * receive a *+ page report of the findings as well as have a telephone call with an Expert Mold Analyst, who goes over the severity of the situation and describes to me what the key issues at hand are which was the finding of not * but * CARCINOGENIC MOLD TYPES, found at levels of *,* PPM Per Square Foot of the home. *-* contacted the City of New Brighton's Zoning office and speak with a woman there who does Code Inspections on property in New Brighton, and *-*-* December 20th, *, the day of the City Inspection. I appear and I am basically shown that my presence is of no concern to the proceedings, and that the proceedings altogether were merely a formality, the judgement was always to be awarded to the Plaintiff Landlord. I was degraded, disregarded, disrespected, not allowed to give any evidence to support my claims or defense. I was screamed at, when stating that to proceed in the matter after I had made it known that proper and necessary eviction procedure had not been adhered to in the matter that "I don't care if it's illegal or not, I said we are continuing if you don't like it you can appeal it now sit down" followed by the aggressive and intimidating slamming of the gavel". Every word after this was ignored entirely except when I stated that I contacted the PA Health Department as well as the City Zoning Department, only then did she even look up from filling out the Notice of Judgement for the Landlord, to state that matters would be continued pending the results of the inspections. Before leaving the room, she aggressively threatens, "you pay your rent immediately, I don't care what he did or didn't do you have no right to not pay your rent". *-* served the Landlord's Agent multiple legal documents as well as the Mold Analyst's Report at the proceedings on December 20th, *. Which he, at the following proceedings admits he "never read them, to be honest I just threw them away". *- The City Inspector Peggy Griffith sends out a Notice to the Plaintiff of the violations discovered and gives the Plaintiff till February 2nd, * to address all the violations or face a $*,*.* per day fine, each violation exists. *-The continuance proceedings, Judge Viscuso swears us in, as the other Judge did not. The Landlord's Agent begins with again stating that he did in fact perjure himself at the initial proceedings and basically no big deal about it, he states that this is a matter of a tenant owing money and that they have been so great to the tenant, and they are just "done with it" and are requesting eviction. The Landlord's Agent states that I was served the proper paperwork prior to filing the Landlord Tenant Complaint as required by law. He then HANDS the Judge a FABRICATED DOCUMENT AND CLAIMS THAT IT IS THE SAME NOTICE TO VACATE THAT WAS POSTED ON MY FRONT DOOR, in Retaliation for the exercising of my Tenant Rights. When asked if this was the document, I stated clearly NO your honor, absolutely not. I held up the exact document that was posted to my door, showing multiple differences and defects, only to basically be disregarded and have not only the Landlord's Agent react as if I am a joke but to then have the Judge disregard me entirely was absolutely astounding. *-* then speak, immediately bringing up the LEGAL MATTERS relevant to the situation, providing evidence for every single claim I brought forth. I was allowed to submit all the evidence to the Judge, however in the end, Legal Precedent, proof of illegal conduct on the part of the Plaintiff, not to mention the Breach of Contract that was admitted by the Plaintiff's Agent, did not matter. *- Landlords agent outright states during proceedings "yes they were without hot water for like *-11 months, but I mean, like, we was ordering parts" which is yet another admission of initial Breach of Contract and Breach of Warranty of Habitability literally existing upon moving in and continuing throughout the entire * out of a *-month lease, and ending the admission with a blatant lic. *- When Judge Viscuso asks the plaintiff if any of the Appealmaintenance requests submitted by the defendant were ever addressed or the City Zoning officials Violations, the plaintiff outright states "no, and we don't plan on fixing anything until she's gone whether that's eviction or when her lease is up in April". DOES ANYONE HEAR WHAT THE MAN SAID.....but, again, Judge says nothing in response to this. *- Plaintiff gets nervous as Judge is reviewing submitted evidence and has an outburst stating" you know what, if this gets continued again I'm having her water shut off......AGAIN... DID ANYONE HEAR WHAT THIS MAN JUST SAID?.....again, Judge Viscuso says nothing. BREACH OF CONTRACT BREACH OF WARRANTY OF HABITAILITY • NEGLIGENCE NEGLIGENCE PER SE RETALIATION Yet, here it is, the Judgement was for $*,*.*. However, today, as I was at the hearing to attempt to have the matter Appealed, suddenly a Lawyer is present, for the first time, now it makes sense why the landlord did what he did over the weekend. As I went to check the tenant online portal, I notice that suddenly the total amount of rent due is almost $*,*.*. I am shocked. The Plaintiff is now DISREGARDING THE JUDGEMENT ENTIRELY AND ADDED ON RENT FOR MARCH AND APRIL, AND WHEN THE JUDGE ASKED THE LAWYER HOW MUCH IS OWED, THE LAWYER LIES AND SAYS ALMOST $*,*.*. Now, please, if you are a human being that operates with any honor whatsoever. If you operate by what is right, not by someone who is paying for your specific decision, or doing what everyone else does, right or wrong, then please tell me how did this happen? How did a family, send a formal letter, as required by the Landlord Tenant Act, and now is about to be homeless, *% chance will be in a shelter same time tomorrow, because the Landlord has breezed through every instance of being held accountable to the point that he has no regard for the law whatsoever, to the judgement, to anything and is looking forward to now locking this family out. I have documented proof for every claim I bring forth. EVERYTHING.

Heres the issue. When i had the hearing filing the Writ of Certiorari the judge stated this was of the utmost importance and needed to be handled right away. He has his secretary check his schedule and says Thursday is good for him, well of course the Lawyer for the landlord said that didnt work for him so then the Judge says how about tomorrow morning at 9am i stated no that did not work for my schedule and more time is necessary for a proper legal defense to be established for this hearing. He says to me "well we all have to go through hard times, sometimes lawyers have to work through their lunch so tomorrow 9am it is". IS THAT EVEN ALLOWED? IS THAT LEGAL? OR DOES A JUDGE NOT HAVE TO TAKE A PRO SE DEFENDANT AS A PRIORITY JUST THE SAME AS A LAWYER IN THE COURT?