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Landlords Now Using AI to Harass You for Rent and Refuse to Fix Your Appliances (futurism.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Dju@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Had to do this for my dryer. Was broken for 3 months. I let the rental office know every few days that it wasn't working. Eventually ran a clothesline on my porch and literally aired my "dirty" laundry in public. Got a warning about being in breach of the lease terms, went back to the office the same hour with the escrow paperwork and a copy of the lease terms that they were in breach of (maintaining appliances, responding in a timely fashion) and brought excerpts from my states rental laws showing them that I was in the right to put the account in escrow, and that I could bill them for the escrow fees and my time.

Dryer was fixed the next day.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Hell yeah, nice work. If you'd like, I have advice on forming tenant unions so it gets fixed even quicker next time