Can I sue my landlord for harassment, threats, and unsafe living conditions in a sober housing situation?

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Based on what you shared above, please allow me to reply and if you have any follow-up questions, just let me know and I would be happy to respond.

As a tenant, you do have rights. The right to quiet enjoyment and the use and enjoyment of the rental. The covenant of quiet enjoyment states that a tenant has the right to enjoy his or her rental unit without “substantial interference” from the landlord. It ensures that tenants benefit from the full use and enjoyment of their rental unit. The covenant of quiet enjoyment is similar in many ways to the warranty of habitability. Both are implied in lease agreements, both are intended to protect tenants from substantial interferences with their use of the premises, and both may apply in the same situation. (42 U.S.C. § 3617)

For example, a physical defect such as faulty plumbing or a leaky roof technically breaches both because it can render the property unfit for human habitation and prevent tenants from enjoying their rental unit. If they have been placed on notice and have failed to cure and correct it, and there is a paper trail of it, you may be able to not only break the lease and vacate but sue for damages as well.

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I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing harassment from your landlord; that sounds very stressful. Can you describe the specific actions or behaviors that you consider to be harassment?

Covering up multiple breaking and entering. Threatening to illegally evict me. Telling me I am not allowed to talk to my neighbors. Covertly threatening my life, there is a lot more. I need someone who can take it on contingency. It might be bigger than this and go all the way back to this rehab I went to.

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Have you documented any incidents or communications with your landlord regarding this issue?

Yes, but limited.

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Is there anything else the landlord-tenant lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured they'll be able to help with your landlord harassment.

Yes. The other tenant was intimidating me by defecating in the house repeatedly. I called the police but have pictures from multiple occasions. It is supposed to be a sober house but this guy is still here. I am the only sober one.

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