"Died of natural causes" and "officers didn't cause her death." Straight up negligence and a complete lack of empathy and intelligence, rewarded with "paid administrative leave."

Tell me again how not all cops are bad. Tell me how some cops are actually good people with good hearts who just want to help people. There's no such thing as a good cop and I'll shout it from the rooftops until the day I die, no irony found in the fact that it may well be a cop who kills me for being on the roof in the first place.

Calling them pigs is an insult to pigs.

I hope her family can find peace.

Fireball nips.

Read the whole article. This is so horrible and disgusting.

Im so sorry you are going through this. I’ve gad several of these issues recently and although resolved now, I had to do some research as to what my rights were as tenant. Heat and hot water fall into same category. You must have at all times. If not fixed within 48 hrs, landlord must tell you when it will be fixed. As a tenant, you are entitled to be paid in compensation equal to what you pay in rent ($1675/month divided by 30/31 days in a month to get what you pay ‘daily’ ) for every day you have been with out hot water and heat. You need a lawyer to get this though. But the landlord in turn must pay your lawyer fees. In order for this to happen, you must not make another ‘deal’ or agreement with your landlord if you want this full compensation for what you’ve had to endure during this time. And since its gone on for almost the entire time you’ve been living there I think you should contact a lawyer. In my case, I made a deal with my landlord and had some money knocked off my rent for a couple months going forward, and for me that was more than reasonable compensation even though I went without heat for weeks in December and no hot water for 2 weeks in January. But Ive been in my apartment for 6 years, and most issues have been resolved in a timely manner. I hope this helps some.

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I would have a calm conversation with your landlord about your plan to pursue option 1 or 3. Hopefully that will light a fire under their ass. If you need to actually pursue one of those options, be prepared to take them to court to actually get the costs back. I would think it would be a slam dunk as long as you keep records of costs and the fact that the heat is still out. But really read the specific law and understand what it says.

Be the adult, your landlord may get irrationally mad but legally cannot retaliate if you are doing something within the law. They might also not renew your lease when it expires.

I'd love to look for a new place to rent, it's just difficult as we have no references as this is our first time renting. Most of our savings have gone into this apartment and furnishings, so trying to get together moving funds again will take some time. We are also on a month to month lease which gives me a lot of anxiety about rent increases/eviction as retaliation.

I feel terrible for those who are dealing with even worse slumlords in the more affordable housing :(

Dude, whatthefuck

This is the way. It shows you ate withholding rent for repair issues, not because you don't want to pay.

If del's was open I'd say go there and buy some merch cuz they sell t shirts and knick knacks. I bet some RI gift shops would sell del's merch in the off-season. Imagine in Warren is a really cool gift shop.

I will look into this, thank you very much for the suggestion.

yup there is always some kid in their 20s who knows more about the world than you, despite possessing every indication they don't know shit about shit.

I just finished reading through it and I saw this part: https://imgur.com/64VOflj

How do we actually go about pursuing option 1 or 3? Do you have any experience with the process? Thank you.

I know :/ It's insanely expensive for how bare bones it is. One of our rooms reeks of cigarettes no matter how much we deep clean the carpet and walls. None of our blinds have strings, we have windows without screens, very drafty, etc.

It's our first time renting so we did not have previous references, this place seemed nice when we were viewing it but they hid a lot from us. Our bathtub had been painted white to hide how bad the finish was, though they thankfully finally had it reglazed last month.

This is becoming so common here. There are protections where heat is required, but as you’re experiencing, good luck enforcing it. I’d look into the escrow account as another commenter suggested, but if I were you I would start looking for a new place to rent and break your lease. If the landlord is like this, imagine the rent increase they will try to throw at you come renewal when they actually have had to make repairs. (They can raise it to any price for any reason come release renewal. And boy do they).

Best of luck. We have been writing to state reps trying to get some movement for more tenant protections. There was also a tenant protest on Tuesday by the state house. We really need to start getting loud. We can afford $1700 rent - imagine the people who can’t and are facing these landlords. It’s disgusting.

Treats from Wrights Dairy

Jesus christ. My the mortgage on my multifamily home isn't much more than that

Google the rhode island landlord tenant handbook and give it a read to learn your rights. I'm a LL and yours sounds like a deadbeat. I use the handbook for basic guidance on what can and can't legally be done.

I will send you a DM, thank you.

For anyone else reading: 9 pipes burst over a month ago on the other side of the building due to no heat. They cut and capped them as nobody is living on that side of the building. Their explanation is they have now disconnected the boilers until they figure out what to do about those pipes, and that they will have a company come in a few weeks to "flush it out".

West Warwick. Our rent is $1675 a month.

Contact state senator Tiara Mack. Not sure where you are, but she's district 6. She's speaking on Tenant rights legislation at the state house today, March 2nd. I just read about it, so she appears to be actively addressing the nonsense that you, and many others, are dealing with. She, or her office, may be able to suggest next steps. Good luck!

I own a couple of rentals - sounds like an absentee landlord. If you want to, DM me and I’ll give you some guidance. I’m mostly wondering why the heat hasn’t been repaired, did they tell you anything? Sometimes getting contractors can be tough and a heating system replacement can take a week or two to be completed (depending on how busy the contractor is/availability of material) but that kind of delay is extreme

Twin Willows or The Western Hotel and Pizza

Where is said apartment?

The best way to go would be to open an escrow account with the courts and pay rent there. That way, you can’t be evicted for non-payment. I know there is more to it but I had a friend who did it this way as she was advised by an attorney. Any withheld funds from rent normally goes through a legal process.

Hope this helps!