I won't lie I forgot this board exists for stuff like this.. Hi landlord problems guy here again.. They threatened to take us to court again, not in a "Do this or else" way but in a "We will soon." way. They did at first but now

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Anonymous 08-04-25 22:02:31 No.469

I won't lie I forgot this board exists for stuff like this.
Hi landlord problems guy here again.
They threatened to take us to court again, not in a "Do this or else" way but in a "We will soon." way. They did at first but now they said they'll do it.
We've been gradually paying off debts as agreed as a additional fee on top of regular rent, we paid rent on time, as far as we're concerned we've done nothing illegal, if anything they might be like someone else said.
Only question left now is do we ask for why they're taking this to court or do we just wait for a legal summons to court. Some of us are confident they won't as they have no ground to stand on, I less so, the bourgeoisie and especially property management are the exact type to drag things to court over the smallest things.
NY State law by the way, last I checked they can't evict over unpaid debts especially if they're already being paid in a constant stream as objectively the debt is gradually being paid. They're literally just mad they aren't getting money back fast enough.

Anonymous 09-04-25 16:45:53 No.477

>>469
>I won't lie I forgot this board exists for stuff like this.
They just added /labor like a few days ago.

>We've been gradually paying off debts as agreed as a additional fee on top of regular rent, we paid rent on time, as far as we're concerned we've done nothing illegal, if anything they might be like someone else said.
What fees or debts are u paying the leeches? If its some made up shit on their end, do not pay, fuck them. Theyll never be able to prove it in court.

Are you living there still or moved out?

Anonymous 09-04-25 21:21:21 No.480

>>477
There. Unpaid rent.

Anonymous 09-04-25 21:24:05 No.481

>>480
Unpaid rent from months ago to be exact

Anonymous 09-04-25 22:08:46 No.482

Specifically to New york : the landlord needs to send you a notice via mail that you didn't pay rent in the 5 day after you were supposed to pay,they need to do it EVERY TIME and if they don't,you can use it against them in court
They need to send you a WRITTEN notice 14 day in advance asking for the rest of the debt (and writing every month and the exact amount you owe them) before sending you to court,they need to write a paper explicitely for everybody involved in the case (this can give you some time if they didn't do it correctly)
you can argue to have the eviction delayed for at most a year during the court if you say you can't find another housing close to you.
if you pay the debt during that year,the case gets dismissed automatically
IANAL,you should check lawhelp and consult with someone there,and you should also check if you can get help to repay your debt via 211
I'm not a USAnian btw,I just followed this paper : https://nycourts.gov/courthelp/pdfs/TenantsGuide_nonpayment.pdf

Anonymous 09-04-25 22:15:50 No.483

>>482
Thanks for the help anon. We have for the record, been regularly paying this off so again I'm not even sure if they have ground to stand, but I have no doubt they can be stupid enough to try anyway.
There's also the problem that they might just not renew the contract but at least then we'll have months to plan where to go instead of only 14 days. That housing delay tip will come in handy.

Anonymous 10-04-25 02:54:25 No.484

>>483
A lot of landlords rely on summary judgement. You don't show up to contest them in court, and so the judge rules in their favor even if their suit is groundless.

Anonymous 10-04-25 04:23:20 No.485

>>481
Ok well it gets a bit harder if u just skipped paying. BUT do not pay the landleech because in most states theres a requirement for the landleech to find another tenant within 2 months of you moving out. So if youre not living there, the most youd be on the hook for is that anyways (check your state laws).

The best defense though is to claim you were withholding the rent because the leech didnt perform the necessary repairs or that the apartment was uninhabitable due to conditions.

If you have to plant some roaches or some shit and take pictures as proof. If you had already sent emails from before along a similar line youd have a pretty good case.

Dont worry about showing up to court because even if they got a judgment against you, most leeches give up trying to collect it anyways as its a whole another process.

just to put in perspective, I dodged 15k$+ of rent and because the landleech couldnt find me, he couldnt serve me and just gave up. That was over 5 years ago so now its out of the statute of limitations anyways.

Anonymous 19-04-25 20:19:35 No.655

Welp their attorneys just sent a letter. We didn't accept and sign for it or are going to pick it up. We'll wait for the official court summons.
So we still don't know why they're suing.
Anyway they'll probably just refuse to renew the lease regardless so… lol.

Anonymous 19-04-25 20:28:23 No.656

>>485
Also the problem is that to counter sue over repairs is giving landlords the time to fix this while withholding.

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