I was living in this house that I was reffered to by a friend, and I really needed a place to stay because I was actually homeless at the time and about to start college.
I moved in without making any deposite, but I was given a check list and the name of the repair man. When I first moved the front door didn't shut. Something was wrong with the contruction of the lock of the door k**b because it wouldn't fit into the door itself. I told the landlord from the beggining that it was a safty hazard, and I also told her that I had a stalker and people following me that were stalking me from online but I guess she didn't believe me because she never repaired the door or sent the repair man over. In the 4 months that I lived there I had people break into my house and money was stolen from me, I also had someone break into my house and sabatoge my shampoo and conditioner with some kind of chemical that caused my hair to fall out. I took pictures of my scalp and kept them with my old verizon wireless number, but that number is not closed. Of course I was tramatized by this and it effected my mental health. and I was telling the landlord to make repairs and fix the locks the entire time it was happening.
Not only this happened, but my heater broke down and I contacted her through email because she claimed to be in Baltimore Maryland while this was happening. 2 weeks had past and no one got back to me about what was happening, I became sick with a really bad flu because of this that would have been avioded not to mention the fact that the doors didn't lock too.
After I told her I would get the city envolved she cussed me out and called me a w***e when I was really polite with her about everything. I couldn't talk to her because I felt like she was harassing me everytime so I had my mother call her and my mother can confirm that she was cussing me out and harassing me.
I did call an organization that got her for violating codes on the house, and there was a roach infestation alot with other violations. I had fixed the door myself at this point, and I have other tenants who lived ther before me who can confirm the fact that the doors simply didn't shut and that she was a careless landlord.
The neibors I lived next to had same isssues with her and actually came over to meet me and console me about our careless landlord, they claimed there was an introder on the property at night.So my life was actually in real danger the entire time this was happening.
What could I do to deffend myself after all that has happened, when I told her I was serious and was hurt because of her carelessness to her property she threatened to sue me for fraud charges. She said that because I was part of a non profit organization called (Youth on their own) They issued me a check for rent and I signed the back of the check to make a deposite into her checking account. The banker lady told me it was neccessary to sign the back of the check to make the deposite and I never had any intention of harming her or doing fraud to her. I think her cussing me out and threatining to sue me for fraud was her trying to scare me away from what happened, and it was retaliation to not doing her job.
What can I do to persue this case?
Tags: