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Reform Rental Rights

Change to landlords responsibilities and actions in rental communities

By Heather FieldsPublished 4 years ago 2 min read
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Please let me address these are actual events I went through, these are stories of communities of all races and religions, these are facts from residential communities and their tenants. This is an ongoing movement, I am fiercely working to find answers and attempt to get retribution for those involved and those attempting to leave. I and many others feel this is inhumane, illegal and flat out cruel towards low income families and poverty. I, personally dealt with more neglect than racism, but it was not hidden, which of course blends into our Black Lives Matter movement. I am a full supporter, I believe we all are children from above and we deserve equal treatment, trial and justice.

As a rental tenant and activist, I have witnessed in several communities the trauma of being neglected in safe, humane housing. I can remember back as far as childhood, my parents having problems with landlords, but only did in my adulthood did I understand fully and receive the mixed signals with being a tenant under lease terms.This final apartment complex that created this chance to ensue in change began in 2018 and ended in October 2019. However, my recent fight with fair treatment was denied and tenants were left with black mold, roaches, no a/c and no maintenance. Some were even tried to evict before lease endings, even when being paid. 

Many problems were part of the complex, and we were hung up on, laughed at and finally retaliated against due to my speaking out to the news- that was just for my family, there's plenty more still unable to move due to their financial fraud and keeping maintenance mainly to the tenants. These are hardworking Americans trying to keep their cabinets sufficiently filled and their bills up to date on payment plans. My kids were affected physically and mentally by this community- we had squatters and violence of which we witnessed, and fortunately enough, missed by spring break in the Spring of 2019, among the housing unit itself causing my daughter's asthma to flair.

Their refusal to safely ensure their tenants could see down stairwells, live and hold food successfully without pests, hire maintenance men with knowledge and respect of walking into apartments with no warning late at night, sparking wires inside of walls went unfixed, water lines were not flushed aergo causing mold inside of dishwashers and garbage disposals, property damage of leaving glass, trash, wood and painting over graffiti were just a few. We experienced many more problems between switching managements every two months and getting our calls screened.

This is not the only apartment complex sharing these problems and lame management- this is an ongoing problem with landlords and property owners all over our Hoosier state. I want this to go further than Indiana, I want to make a safety call for all our Americans who rent and are low income or leaving dangerous situations. We need change in how we are treated as tenants, we need validation of our responsibilities and the landlords, as well as our rights to take action when these responsibilities are not enforced. People work hard for their families, their belongings, their homes and their materials, we should not have to worry about the conditions we live in and what we may lose- our ability to move due to financial increase with no validation as to why, health violations and no support to fixing problems. No retaliation when we protest due to being treated unfairly. We deserve better, our future generations, deserve better. 

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Heather Fields

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