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- Fired for anti china/pro HK comments on social media.
- Fired for being pregnant?
- Sex offender at work
- Credit card taking me to court 15 years later.
- My security coworker got fired after getting assaulted by a drunk guest
- As a senior caretaker, is it lawful to be expected to pay for gas/groceries out of pocket?
- Cleaning Service did not Clean
- Company wants me to sign a non competetice clause agreement after they found out I am job searching.
- Parent not releasing money now that I'm 18
- (California) Our dog grooming salon can fire us for reporting animal abuse, even if we witness it ourselves. Is this legal?
- Someone on the run is texting me.
- Is it legal to live out of my vehicle? [Arkansas, USA]
- Being forced to attend a class for work on weekend
- Local politician threatening to file harassment charges over Facebook comments. [Indiana]
- Can my dad move into the master bedroom if both my parents are on the title of the house?
- Tiny House
- [USA, KS] Company protecting a dangerous employee at all costs.
- Property management company won't do anything about the AirBnB above my unit
- Rental company trying to evict all tenants in building
- [Colorado] What obligation does a landlord have to provide a safe environment for a disabled tenant when another tenant specifically triggers those disabilities?
| Posted: 11 Oct 2019 05:09 PM PDT Good news! I posted a week or so ago about a company that sent me a different textbook then the one in the photo, and claimed the international version was specified in the description. Then was demanding me send it to Malaysia for return, which would have cost as much as the book (the book was over $100). I sent many emails, then they did not respond for a couple days, conveniently those couple days were the last couple days in the 'refund time', meaning the book was no longer eligible for a refund. To say the least I was not happy. My bank said they could not do anything (I was given that advice on here), so I researched the Canadian Government on consumer laws. Shortly after this I had reported this company to the consumer laws in my district. They replied with 'Thank you for bringing this to our attention', and within 5 hours I recieved an email from the company with a full refund, and with the book still sitting on my table. Have to say, it feels good [link] [comments]  |
| Fired for anti china/pro HK comments on social media. Posted: 12 Oct 2019 08:50 AM PDT Location: New Jersey (USA) Preface: I worked for a company that deals heavily with a lot of Asian countries, basically anywhere that had cheap labor we worked with, China was no exception and in the eyes of our company, China was seen as one of our largest assets however. Was fired yesterday. Was given the explanation from my DM who said that they were making "cuts" from the company I worked for. Basically told me to gather my shit and leave. Whatever I was over working there anyway. However this morning (about a half an hour ago exactly) I get a text message from a friend who mentioned overhearing a discussion in the office when he was punching in for the day basically saying to keep any political opinions about Hong Kong "In the bedroom" and if its reported they will lay MORE people off. Now this made me think because I had a coworker actually commented on one of my posts that I had shared about Tienanmen Square massacre (some stupid "Never forget" post thats making it rounds) Coworker got very defensive on my post about China and I mostly just ignored it as I knew that her opinion wasn't one I usually agreed with. She however got very emotional in the comment and even asked me to remove the post completely in my DM's afterwards, which I didn't do. If I was able to have my coworker get my other coworker to confess she reported me to my DM, would I have any actual legal backing here? IS this something companies are allowed to even fire people for? Is my DM allowed to lie about my termination to me? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2019 10:55 AM PDT First, I'm on mobile and apologize of the formatting of this is shit. I started a new job about 6 weeks ago, then found out I am pregnant shortly after. I decided not to tell my boss right away until after I'd gotten ultrasound confirmation and things were rolling along well. At my ultrasound I found out I am pregnant with twins, and have a very large cyst on my ovary. Due to some pain I've been experiencing, my doctor informed me to take the weekend off and come in first thing Monday morning for another ultrasound to check on things. She assured me that they would provide a medical excuse form to miss work and even offered to talk to my boss over the phone to explain why I needed to stay off my feet. I of course called out, informed my boss what was going on and apologized for the inconvenience but explained about the medical note excusing me from working (I have never had any problems calling off work with a note from a doctor). My boss then calls me back, screaming about how I am a waste of her time and told me I'm done, my pregnancy is not her problem, I'm off the schedule. Confirmed by another coworker yesterday that she actually did take me off completely. I don't know what to do. I just needed a couple days off to make sure everything is ok with my babies. I am a waitress and the doctor told me flat out I can't be moving around like that while it's up in the air. I have worked as a server through both my previous pregnancies, I'm perfectly capable of doing it. I wasn't quitting, I told her over and over that I'd have a doctors note and would know more about the situation on Monday. I absolutely cannot afford to not have a job. I just bought a house, have two other children and just can't afford this. Is there anything I can do? I don't really want to work for her anymore but no one is going to hire a high risk pregnant person. Looking for advice. Is this even legal? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2019 03:25 AM PDT New York state Does my employer have to inform me/employees if a sex offender is working with them? I am a woman and just found out that I work overnight, sometimes alone/nearly alone with a twice convicted rapist level 3 in the sex offender registry. We do not work directly together but have access to each other and I literally am in places that are all alone in the dark throughout my shift. I work alone and he often works alone. I am a bit freaked out and concerned. People are saying my employer should have notified me or not had him working alone with female employees. But is it possible they might not know? If they did know is there any thing legally they had to do, like let me know? Do I have any recourse like they need to make sure I'm safe by changing his shift/fire him or would it be on me to quit/change my shift? Could they fire me for bringing it up? [link] [comments]  |
| Credit card taking me to court 15 years later. Posted: 12 Oct 2019 09:22 AM PDT I got a call from a "legal department" who told me a credit card I had back in 2004 (15 years ago) will be taking me to court and garnishing my paychecks until I pay back $3k I owe. They are willing to help me out by allowing me to make payments. I was 18 years old at the time the card was opened. I don't remember having this card but maybe I did. It was 15 years ago! I can't afford to go to court or for my paychecks to be garnished. I bought a house a couple years ago and this card never showed up on my credit. Are they able to do this? He gave me the card number said it was an hsbc card first now it's credit one. I'm so confused. [link] [comments]  |
| My security coworker got fired after getting assaulted by a drunk guest Posted: 12 Oct 2019 11:40 AM PDT Texas State First off, the story is a little more complicated than just that. HR Head just hated her and was looking for a reason to fire her. Here's the groundwork: We work overnight at a hotel. At the New Year, there was an announcement made that said coworker had won 500 dollars as a 'coworker of the year thing'. Coworker spent half on her duaghter and gave half to a family of another coworker that had been shot and killed. Then she gets a call to the HR office where they tell her that there has been a mistake, that she actually wasn't the coworker that was supposed to win adn she had to pay the money back immediately. Now as she spent the money because she was told it was hers, that was obviously a problem. She begged for time to get the money, which was refused. She asked to pay in installments which was refused. During all this, the head of HR is slamming her hand on the desk and screaming at her. Finally she scrapes enoug money together to pay them back for THEIR mistake, and brings a cashier check/regular check to work. HR denies that method of payment stating that "I don't know if that's real" and takes the 500 out of her paycheck. THey immediately start looking for an opportunity to fire her. At meetings, the head of HR singles her out while applying fake sweetness and poses next to her in pictures for morale for the sole purpose of making her uncomfortable. Fastforward 10 months later. When answering a noise complaint call, the coworker hears a guest screaming drunkenly at his wife in thier room and intercedes. THe drunk guest leaves with coworker escorting him out for the wife's safety. Guest then turns around and punches coworker in the face and screams that he's going to kill her. Coworker swings back but does not land, she's held back. She kicks out at him because he's drunk, he's assaulted her and he's threatening her life. Police do not arrive until after said guest has run away. Four days later she's summoned to a meeting where she is immediately fired. 5 years and HR refuses to let her use any paid time off to try and buy some time to find a new job. They force a resignation out of her and run her out. I don't think she has a successful case to sue. I'm not asking for that. But we do have an integrity hotline and everything this HR head has done in this situation has felt shady and unethical, and I genuinely want to report her.. I know swinging back is probably what hurt said coworker but I sort of feel like allowances should be made when a guest is screaming he's going to murder you and then runs away before the police get there. [link] [comments]  |
| As a senior caretaker, is it lawful to be expected to pay for gas/groceries out of pocket? Posted: 12 Oct 2019 08:33 AM PDT I am in WA I have already resigned from my job but still have a few shifts left to work over the coming weeks. My employer fed me plenty of legal misinformation and I'd like to sort it out for the future. She misclassified me as a private contractor even though legally I'm an employee. That's my main reason for quitting; even though she said she was (begrudgingly) willing to change my classification "if that's how I want to do it," I don't trust her and don't want to work in such a wishy-washy environment. I was told I would be paid $15/hr. It wasn't until a few days later I was informed I would pay out of pocket for any errands I run or groceries I buy (there is no designated shopping list but I'm highly encouraged to take my client on excursions and treat her to ice cream, for which I am not reimbursed). Sometimes there isn't enough food available in the fridge so I have to purchase more. My employer's logic is because I'm making above minimum wage, there is wiggle room for expenses. As well, because I'm a "contractor," I can write these expenses off in my taxes. I was under the impression that, by agreeing to $15/hr, I would be legally entitled to keep all $15/hr., and any expenses would be additional. This includes gas and mileage, as these outings are done in my own car. I do eat a bit of the meals I cook as I work through two meals every shift, but I'm still paying for the food my client eats, too. After asking for clarification, she stated "if you don't feel it's fair, we can negotiate." I'm more concerned about whether it's even legal for her to expect this of me, regardless of how fair/unfair it seems? I was not explicitly informed of this when hired; I discovered this when I handed her a receipt and asked to be reimbursed. If I were to be reimbursed for all my grocery shopping during my time of employment, I would be paid at least $50-$100. Do I have any legal backing to expect reimbursement? Does the fact that I've already quit reduce my likelihood of getting this money back? [link] [comments]  |
| Cleaning Service did not Clean Posted: 12 Oct 2019 06:32 AM PDT Hi all, Me and my fiance recently bought a home and requested a cleaning service to come and clean the house. Unfortunately we were not there to supervise as the house wasn't closed just yet (but it was vacant). Long story short, when we moved in it was pretty clear that either the work wasn't done, or it was done extremely shittly. We took videos of us doing the cleaning WHICH they were supposed to do as proof in case we needed it. They are threatening collections/small claims court because I told them I was not going to pay for a service that never happened. This is the first time ever in my life disputing something like this. I'm prepared to let this hit my credit as I have very good credit and can take the hit. But this seems ridiculous, is there anything we can do? I told them I would gladly send them videos but they aren't even concerned Thanks in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Company wants me to sign a non competetice clause agreement after they found out I am job searching. Posted: 12 Oct 2019 06:17 AM PDT I work in Kentucky, which is a "at will" employment state. I have been sending my resume out and have a few good leads on job opportunities. I believe one of them called to verify employment and now management is asking for me and 2 other people to now sign non competitive agreements after working without one for 4 years. I don't know yet if I will be taking the offered job or stay where I am at with the company. I do know that by signing the agreement getting a job in my field would be very hard and almost impossible to live where I am. I also don't want to lose my job by not signing it. Is there any legal recourse for me? [link] [comments]  |
| Parent not releasing money now that I'm 18 Posted: 12 Oct 2019 11:26 AM PDT Shortly after turning 16, I started working. Because of being a minor and unable to open a bank account on my own, my parent offered to deposit my paychecks into their account to hold until I turned 18 and could open my own. Well, I turned 18 and opened a bank account as planned, still working the same job. My parent has not held up to their end of giving me my money. One excuse/stall after another. First they were "getting their stuff together to transfer funds" once my account was opened. When asked again, they said they would make the transfer as soon as I gave them my account and routing number, which I had already provided, but gave it again. After several days of nothing, I asked again. My parent has promised that all of my funds are in their account, but is now trying to force me to spend it how they wish instead. I objected as I do not wish to spend any of my savings at this time, but would like it to accrue interest in my own account. So now I am being told that we will need to have a discussion another day and they are not opposed to transferring my money if we can come to terms. Currently I am still living at home with this parent due to being a senior in high school. Am I screwed? What are my options here? Can my parent just keep some or all of my money? Is this an example of promissory estoppel? (Closest thing I could find while researching) And if so, what are my next steps? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 11 Oct 2019 06:44 PM PDT Long story short, a long time ago, a guy kicked his small dog so hard he flew and hit the wall. A groomer asked to report him, but our manager said we could get in trouble or even fired for reporting animal abuse. A few months later, one of our groomers called because we haven't seen the dog in a while and we wanted to see if he was okay. The wife tells us the dog had been beaten by her husband and is no longer alive. If this happens again, what can we do? Is it legal for them to fire us for reporting a crime? [link] [comments]  |
| Someone on the run is texting me. Posted: 12 Oct 2019 08:39 AM PDT Hello. From Southern California. An old friend of mine, who I've actually never met in person, has been texting me this morning. He tells me that he is on the run from the law and is making his way to Canada. I'm unsure of the actual crime. I do not want to be involved in this at all, I simply texted back to say be safe and suggested he turn himself in. Will this effect me in any way? again, I don't wish to be involved at all and I wish I never texted back. I'm not sure what to do in this situation. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it legal to live out of my vehicle? [Arkansas, USA] Posted: 12 Oct 2019 10:20 AM PDT I'm planning on living out of my van. I own it, I was able to straight up buy it. It's insured and registered, I have a valid driver's license. I have several places I have permission to park over night, and will be rotating through them as to not wear out my welcome in any particular place. Would it be legal in my state (Arkansas) to do so? [link] [comments]  |
| Being forced to attend a class for work on weekend Posted: 12 Oct 2019 10:00 AM PDT I am a salaried employee on a visa at a tech company, and my manager is making me attend a class 3 hours away that happens to be on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I would not normally care, but my manager is giving me no days off in return, meaning I would be 'working' for 12 days straight. My manager's logic is that the company is paying for the travel costs and the class, so I do not deserve anything in return. However, I do not believe this is company policy, as every other manager I have seen as allowed for at least some time back for any weekend work, or any work outside of 40 hours, but I think it is ultimately manager's discretion. I know that there isn't probably much I can do since I am salaried, but is there anything legally gray about this? Our company has both a HR hotline and a compliance hotline, but I want to know what this qualifies as before/if I call, because I am scared to rock the boat since I am on a visa. Thanks for any help you can give. Location: Illinois. [link] [comments]  |
| Local politician threatening to file harassment charges over Facebook comments. [Indiana] Posted: 12 Oct 2019 10:17 AM PDT For starters- yes. This is real. An official, registered candidate for City Council is threatening to file harassment charges on me as a result of an argument on Facebook. Though it is his personal Facebook profile he has used this Facebook for campaign purposes. He posted a meme that trashed trans-people, I called him out for it, a back and forth ensued, I press him for answers, then he drops that he's going to file harassment charges if I don't stop questioning him. My understanding of harassment laws is that comments need to be a credible threat against him for charges to be made. At no point have my comments on the thread risen to meet that standard. The worse I've said is he's a piece of shit on a post on my own Facebook, which he brought up in the thread, and I explained exactly why I said that with evidenced based on his posts of blatant hateful and xenophobic rhetoric. As far as I'm aware, thanks to the Fourth Circuit appellate court, when it comes to politicians Facebook is considered an Open Forum and, as such, are more restricted in what they can do to restrict speech. There's also the ruling that states Donald Trump can't block people on Twitter due to the 1st Amendment. Would this apply to Facebook as well? So my questions are: Thanks bunches. (Note- My responses to this thread may be delayed as I'm headed into work soon). [link] [comments]  |
| Can my dad move into the master bedroom if both my parents are on the title of the house? Posted: 12 Oct 2019 11:38 AM PDT Sorry I'm no good with technicality, I'm posting on behalf for my quadriplegic dad. My parents have been separated for 11 years, but never legally divorced for financially reasons. My mom, who has not lived here since they separated and lives in her own house with her family(she left him shortly after he became handicap), still claims the master bedroom is hers, even though it belonged to both of them originally. My dad lives in an average size bedroom, but wants the master bedroom as it would be easier space wise for him and his caregiver, plus it has a handicap lift attached to the ceiling. Our house is a joint mortgage between the two, and her name is on the title to the house with his. He can't do much investigating himself so he asked me to 'look into it', which is hard when its a very specific circumstance. He wants to have us swap his bed and furniture with hers, so nothing is getting thrown away and she is not getting kicked out, just kicked out of the master bedroom. We live in Seattle, WA. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2019 04:01 AM PDT A couple years ago I purchased a tiny house and have been making payments on it. I'm not able to move it until it is paid off and the guy I purchased it from said that I can pay it off little by little (originally it was contracted to be paid off in a year) and work on it while it's there. Last year I called in an electrician and plumber to finish up and they both laughed and said they couldn't do any work because the guy I purchased it from didn't pull any permits to build it. I asked the guy if this was true and he said yes, because the county did not require a permit to build. I called EVERY county in the surrounding area and they all said a permit is required to build. My question is, how should I go about getting my money back! [link] [comments]  |
| [USA, KS] Company protecting a dangerous employee at all costs. Posted: 12 Oct 2019 08:57 AM PDT Hello, I've been mulling this bad situation at work over for some days now. I'm trying to keep this strictly LegalAdvice related but, and my username is a bit of a hint, I can elaborate on other details in the comments if need be. (As I keep writing it keeps getting more convoluted, I apologize. Frazzled) I sell furniture in a retail space, within a warehouse, think a showroom. There is also a 'corporate' section of the building- so there are 3 sectors of the company in this building. The company I work for, Company B, was purchased some years back by Parent Company, a major furniture manufacturer- we're a liquidator for them. When I started at this location, I was informed by my boss, Retail Manager, that I could freely venture into the warehouse to look for additional product. Good deal. There is an employee who took it upon himself to inform me I needed to wear a safety vest, when in the warehouse, by rushing me with a forklift. I mean literally driving it directly at me at a high rate of speed. I, stupidly, laughed it off and started wearing the vest. Ok. He has proceeded to do the same thing on 3 other occasions. On each of those subsequent incidents I jokingly told him to cut it out, except the last incident on October X, when I very very harshly told him, something along the lines of: "If you don't cut it out we're going to have a ** problem." To which he started smiling. I have dates and approximate times for 2 of the incidents only. Great. He sarcastically 'apologized' to me and I walked away. Mistake 2, I told my boss: Retail Manager, and his soon-to-be replacement Manager Trainee. They were the only 2 people in the room when I plainly stated the above. RM said to me: I will go talk to Warehouse Supervisor and Warehouse Boss. (Boss technically has superiority over Supervisor) Radio silence, and incidentally I was slated to go on vacation for about a week. During my vacation I reported the incident to OSHA, requesting my identity be kept anonymous. The very day I return to work, I receive an email from OSHA including a copy of the letter they sent to Company B. It redacted the employee's name and states the 'alleged' hazard: An employee has taken it upon himself to drive a forklift directly at employees despite repeated incidents and warnings. Radio silence from everyone (that matters) that day. A random unimportant warehouse guy tells me "so I heard that ForkliftMan tried to run you over." How does the guy even know that? Since I only told my boss(es)... Next day, Retail Manager pulls me into the break room for a meeting. The entirety of the warehouse staff (including forklift man) are present, along with Warehouse Supervisor, Boss, and THEIR boss- Operations Manager. The only members of Retail Staff present are thus, Retail Manager and Myself. Great. I have a 3 Minute Recording of the entire meeting (yay one party consent), where Operations Manager says that "we're going to go back to how it was, no Retail Staff will be allowed into the warehouse." He does not specify the nature of the complaint, and it is clear that by Retail Staff they mean myself only, Retail Manager is still allowed in. I make no comments, remain silent the entire time. (Probable Mistake 3 but oh well) So as it stands: OSHA redacted the name of the employee from the letter to remain impartial and 'protect everyone equally'. So the corporate response to that was to ban Retail from the warehouse. Except not really because the only member of Retail disallowed is myself(and whoever works my days off but please.) I don't know how keeping 1 person out will save the warehouse staff from ForkliftMan (a tight lipped employee also told me ForkliftMan actually run over a different employee's foot, but if questioned they will both deny it. I'm 100% positive unfortunately.) Okay, and Parent Company has an anonymous Ethics Line, there's a poster put up that says "Report ethics and compliance concerns confidentially @ a phone number." Company B's CEO is BFFs with the Honchos at Parent Company so I'm concerned that if I call, it will just be comedy fodder for them, as it's been treated thus far. Finally, last night we all received an e-mail from Retail Manager, about injury reporting. It says that Blah is Parent Company's Third-Party worker's Compensation Claim Administrator. In the event an employee is injured report to Blah, thru MBlah. Confusing... It goes on to say: "If an employee injury occurs, a supervisor or manager needs to report the incident to MBlah." But then the bottom of that letter from MBlah, it has a section on tips for managing and resolving occupational injuries, containing loss costs, and facilitating superior claims results, first bullet point is "Timely reporting and documentation of new incidents, NEAR MISSES, and injuries." That Retail Manager sent the e-mail is of interest to me, because I REPORTED SEVERAL NEAR MISSES and nothing was done. (Aside from scare the warehouse guys away from ever talking to me again but I could care less.) So... what do I do? Is it legal to play chicken with a pedestrian while on a forklift? I'm really confused and in need of help. Thank you. P.S. Sorry for being on Mobile. [link] [comments]  |
| Property management company won't do anything about the AirBnB above my unit Posted: 12 Oct 2019 01:01 PM PDT I hope I'm asking this question in the right place– apologies if it belongs somewhere else! I lease a unit in a converted warehouse in Philadelphia with two friends. The tenant who leases the unit above us does not live in the building and has never occupied the unit but rents it out as an AirBnB. The rotating cast of characters who stay in the AirBnB have caused problems too numerous to name (constant loud noise, trash, broken items, etc.), and everyone in the building is dying for the operation to be shut down. When we reach out to the tenant to express our concerns, he does not respond. The management company and the property manager are aware of the tenant's activity and aware of our complaints, but will not take any measures to rectify the issue. I can't make real sense of the limited lodging laws and can't tell if they'd even apply to this situation, as the guy facilitating the AirBnB rental does not own the unit himself. Do we, the rest of the tenants in the building, have any legal recourse? Is a landlord obligated to address violations of the terms of a lease? [link] [comments]  |
| Rental company trying to evict all tenants in building Posted: 12 Oct 2019 12:53 PM PDT Located in UT On mobile so forgive the formatting. So I had an inkling this would happen but I didn't think they would be so blatantly terrible about it. My apartment building got purchased by a rental management company from our old landlord and my roommates came home today to notices on every door stating: "Dear Residents, First off, we want to thank you for being a resident, however we are giving you a 30-day notice to be out. We will be doing renovations of the building and it will be easier for both you and us if we vacate the premises. There will be lots of dust, noise people in and out of apartments. Thanks, ------ ------- Management" Our lease is until end of May so we've got 6+ months left. I'm pretty confident that this is bullshit and can tell them as such. I would be willing to leave if they paid for us to go, but at this point I can tell them to screw off right? Would I be in the wrong hanging up my own fliers telling residents that have months left on their leases that they don't have to leave? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2019 09:00 AM PDT This is a nightmare roommate post. Nightmare roommate will be referred to as "ManBoy". ManBoy moved in two months ago without references. At first he was just chronically lazy, refusing to help in any household chore that we had discussed before he moved in and expecting the other roommates to cater to him while being totally unwilling to help any of us. Shitty roommate, it happens, whatever. Since moving in, ManBoy has degraded into an aggressive man-boy who only spends his time smoking and screaming at his television. With a complete absence of hygiene, now I'm dealing with a bathroom covered in hair and for the past three days with human blood on the toilet that he absolutely refuses to clean up. The kitchen is host to whatever rotten food he wants to leave around that week, and I have to constantly run in after him to make sure the refrigerator is closed- he leaves it open for hours spoiling the other roommates' food- and the stove off as it's also left on. Situation: I'm 80% disabled by the VA for service injuries, probably an instant candidate for 100% within both of our active lease period. Specifically a mental condition and two physical conditions. The mental condition makes me unable to process stress like I once could. It makes certain things extremely stressful and neuters my ability to respond to them. Not only is blood something very closely linked to that, like the blood on my toilet for three days, but his aggression toward myself/the house/our dogs is something that I cannot rationally distinguish from traumatic situations where aggression has meant imminent violence. One of the physical conditions, a spinal injury, is greatly impacted by his unwillingness to do any sort of chore, which eventually fall back on the rest of us just to keep the house and yard hygienic. The other physical condition impacts my hearing to the point that verbal conversation is now something I mostly avoid, but talking to him is as fruitless as it is frustrating. The combination of the three of them is debilitating to the point that I can barely manage my own affairs and all three are major barriers to both confronting him about this effectively and compensating for his failure to meet his basic social obligations or his actual contractual obligations. Our lease: It stipulates that we will maintain our bedrooms, our bathroom, and the yards. His listed chore, to be done every two weeks, is cleaning sticks and weeds from half the yard. He completely ignores it, although he is aware of it and knows how to do it. I clean around him in the bathroom so it's nothing but his filth. Presumably his room is destroyed from his half-feral dog that he leaves alone for 12 hours a day because he doesn't want to let her out to use the bathroom. It does not have any ADA accommodations because I only received my diagnosis after leasing the first time and didn't have a problem until this specific roommate arrived a month after signing my last lease. What I've done: I don't have the money to break my lease and Colorado's housing situation is so bad that this is the cheapest and currently only affordable place within range of any of my VA hospitals/clinics. I notified the landlord after the blood on the toilet had been there for an entire day and ManBoy used the toilet at least twice where it was clearly observable. After a day without response, I reached out to my VA care team to see what kind of emergency housing assistance they have because I am genuinely afraid of this person and my ability to live in this house with them for ten more months. Today is three days after the toilet blood and I still haven't heard from my landlord. Tuesday I'll be speaking to the veteran service officers at the local court to see if there is anything else I can do at the county level or through the VA. Since this is several kinds of law and I don't even know which it is more or where to begin with any of them, what would be a smart move at this point? The other roommates are all on board with evicting him and the landlord is now failing to meet the basic obligation of responding to his tenants in the way we've always communicated. I lived here for a year and a half prior to ManBoy, and the landlord is fully aware of both my conditions and their impact on my life. Thank you [link] [comments]  |
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