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Can I recoup rent from a landlord who doesn't have a business license to operate? She doesn't have a C of O.?
I have a landlord who doesn't fix anything. I actually moved into her home on the spur of the moment as I had gone to closing on my home and the people refused a rent buy-back. So, I found her house, which wasn't finished (carpet not clean, painting not finished, etc.), but I took it or me and my 3 kids would have been homeless. I worked with her on the repairs, which did not get done. I managed to make things work, we went 1 month and 1/2 without heat (against Maryland law), and currently, we do not have a/c. I had to borrow a portable a/c from my god-mom. She is a slum lord. I want to know if I can recoup all rent paid to her because she isn't licensed and has no required Certificate of Occupancy required to operate. Any websites I can look up? I need some really sharp advice on this one, guys. It's gonna take everything I have to keep from knocking her the f**k out!
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Unfortunately no you can't recover the rent you have paid since she supplied you with a place to live. Sorry I know it's not the answer you were looking for but it's the truth.
Now dress yourself up so she can't tell who you are and knock her the F**K out and tell her to quit setting a bad example for the rest of us landlords.
- .xLv 71 decade ago
No you can't get any money back because she doesn't have certificate of occupancy. That is between her and the govt. basically. I don't think you can get much money back in this case, sorry.
You might be able to get money back for like 15 days of the time when you didn't have heat though? In most places they're required to fix that in 30 days. To get money back from the landlord it has to be an issue that makes the place 'uninhabitable' or really unsafe though, A/C doesn't count and I don't think the paint/carpets would either.
This site looks like it has good info if you want to check it out a little further?
http://www.peoples-law.org/housing/ltenant/llt.htm...
also from MD attorney general