Permanent Injunction By Tenant Against Landlord In Middlesex
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Are they withholding amenities, ignoring your requests for maintenance, increasing your rent, or evicting you without proper notice? All of the above behaviors are a form of “landlord harassment.”
Grounds to Sue Your Landlord Uninhabitable rental unit. Housing discrimination. Landlord negligence, including a failure to make necessary repairs. Interference with the right to quiet enjoyment. Illegal eviction. Failure to return a security deposit. Lack of accessibility features on the property.
To file a complaint contact the Bureau of Housing Inspection at (609) 633-6227 or BHIInspections@dca.nj.
If an attorney is representing the tenant, the attorney must electronically file the counterclaim. A counterclaim must include the same case name and case number as the landlord's case. At the bottom the counterclaim should state how and when the counterclaim is being “served” on the landlord.
If your landlord doesn't respond, file a lawsuit against him in small claims court and ask the judge to terminate your lease. If you vacate the property without giving proper notice, your landlord could go to court to evict you and hold you responsible for the rent owed on the lease.
If an attorney is representing the tenant, the attorney must electronically file the counterclaim. A counterclaim must include the same case name and case number as the landlord's case. At the bottom the counterclaim should state how and when the counterclaim is being “served” on the landlord.
If the landlord simply doesn't show up AND doesn't send a representative, then unless he has made arrangements with the court due to some extreme issue (such as being hospitalized) the case is normally dismissed. In an extreme circumstance, the case might be rescheduled.
You can call the court to see what happened, but the likelihood is that if you didn't show up, a default was entered against you and a warrant for removal will follow.
Harassment: You must demonstrate that the landlord engaged in a pattern of behavior that constitutes harassment. Harassment can take various forms, such as threats, intimidation, unwanted contact, invasion of privacy, or creating a hostile living environment.
