Is it against the law if my landlord insists not giving me his contact information?

Question

My landlord (I think he is also the management company of the apartment.) only gives me the number of my super. Every time I ask his contact information, he always says: "You don't need it. If you have any question, just find the super!" And he even doesn't leave his address and phone number in the lease. Plus, every time he calls me, his phone number is hidden.

Another question, when I moved in last year, I found my gas pipe was locked by the gas company. When I asked the company to have someone come over to check out, I figured out there was a gas leak in this apartment! God, there was NO ONE telling me nothing about it! Is it against the law if the landlord rents the apartment which has some problem and not ready for resident? The attitude of the super and the landlord did p**s me off and it turned out taking 4 months to fix the gas leak problem!

Answer 1

You could do a bit of investigation and find it on line.  Lots of cities allow you to look up online the property tax information.  In that you can find the name and address of the owner.  The owner might have gamed things by creating a corporation to be his front but once again you can do some research and find the names and addresses of the major players in that corporation.

I have heard that some states require the owners to have their contact information available.

Now, if you have a gas leak problem try contacting the gas company and telling them there is a leak.  They usually jump on stuff like that pretty quick.  If that does not work then notice the smell of gas every time you come home and call the fire department.  Pretty soon, inspectors will come and shut down the apartment complex until the owners get the problem fixed.  Of course, they will find some way to kick you out but a gas leak is dangerous and should not be ignored.

Answer 2

1) It is not illegal - he's doing it so that you're not calling him at all hours of the night. I work for a property management corporation and the tenants have my business cell phone number and I am getting calls at all hours of the day and night for things like "I locked my keys in my apartment" and "I'm tired of this thing that I've never told you was broken not being fixed."

2) Here's your solution - move - seriously. You already have a chip on your shoulder about this place and maybe the landlord isn't doing what they need to do. If that's the case, go to the local lanlord tenant board but don't just complain.