landlord responsibility

My number one priority is getting out this house. I dont look at it like getting revenge, I look at it like she needs to be cited so she will stop doing this to her tenants And if she doesnt she needs to be put out of business. Its not about revenge, its about doing whats right, so she dont do this to someone else.

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jen2006
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check your bios. what you are looking for is..."state after power failure" you can set your computer to come back on after power failure...as mine does.

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digitalmaster

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Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY

8.24.010 Statement of purpose.
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Oren

Meant to add:

Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY

Chapter 8.24 UNFIT BUILDINGS

8.24.080 Inspection warrant procedure.
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Oren
30014 = Covington GA ?

Not a lot on the website. COuple things to try -

  1. Contact the fire marshall - this is:

David Carter Deputy Chief/Fire Marshal snipped-for-privacy@cityofcovington.org - his phone number is 770-385-2105

  1. Contact your councilman - it's one of the ones listed here - I don't know which district you live in:

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  1. Contact your "public officer" - probably need to call city hall and chat them up about this and the process for filing a complaint. This is the lengthy section of your law that talks about unfit structures:

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Another point in the same section of law says "The judge of the municipal court of the city " which is odd, but anyway, there is SOMEbody who is supposed to look out for these things.

  1. The "Housing Authority" does not deal with your landlord/tenant problem (they do public housing) but they might be able to point you to whoever does deal with landlord issues - they are at 5160 Alcovy Rd. NE, 770-385-7739

For a city that acts as a Socialist Empire and owns and operates its own gas, electric, water, sewer, and cable (including data communications), I would have thought

a. their website wouldn't suck eggs

and

b. they'd have some easier way to call in problems about unfit buildings

Where I live you just call the mayor's call center and report it and

*poof* it's taken care of.

Good luck !

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roger61611

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I am only 30 minutes from you.You want me to go beat her up???

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digitalmaster

I didn't read all this, but I gotta ask. Did you sign a rental agreement? What does it say, exactly?

You are bound by the lease agreement.

There are a few exceptions, but the lease agreement could mean that you never accomplish your goal of getting what you want. Read it carefully and make sure you understand every single word in the lease.

Once you understand the lease, then learn about the few protections you have that are not in the lease. Those are few and hard to enforce so don't get your hopes up.

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JimL

What do you say if he has two black eyes? Nothing you told him twice.

Oren

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Oren

The monitor comes back on but the modem stays off.

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jen2006

The monitor comes back on but the modem stays off.

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jen2006

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Thanks for the info Roger, Im going to work on that tomorrow. Now my power keeps going off and when it comes back on the lights go from dim to bright several times.

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jen2006

Covington, GA.

There are laws there, but they won't come to you. Try the zoning and code compliance people again.

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HeatMan

I cannot believe the run Ive gotten today. I went to the board of commissioners they sent me to the courthouse. I went to the courthouse and got sent from one place to magistrate then they sent me to enviromental health. I did manage to get a number for the landlord tenant helpline but no one answers and their mailbox is full.

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jen2006

Take a small tape recorder into each and every office, sit it firmly on the desk and ask your questions again.... make it known to them that you are taking reordered notes. I've seen a man stutter from this approach. Told his Secretary; to "never let them two with me in the same office at the same time.'"

I would recommend to you first that you read the links posted and what each official handles by department.

Contact a local shelter for women and protect the kids.

Vote.

Oren

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Oren

Smell that smoke? Sure you do, try a little harder. Must be arcing in the electrical wiring. Call the fire department. They will pull the meter and the utility won't reconnect you until a licensed electrician has checked it out as being safe.

You might want to have a place to move to.

--Andy Asberry recommends NewsGuy--

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Andy Asberry

Covington GA os a Socialist Empire? I'm never even heard of Covington GA!

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mm

Since the lease states that anything in disrepair should be written she got us there with everything that was visible forget the verbal agreement but i got her on the electrical problems being since we didnt know about this problem until after and she is required to put smoke detectors here. Still moving though found a place for 20 more that is brand new

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jen2006

Moving is so right for you.

Reading about your predicament was so sad.

Not sad about what your situation with the landlord was, but sad about how much the landlord seemed to affect your life. I could just see you getting deeper and deeper into this problem until there was a catastrophic result for you. I'm sure the stress affects your immune system and you would have become sick with serious illnesses.

You don't need the stress in your life and moving is the right thing to do.

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JimL

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