Responses from a “Look Out For One Another” list post in Huntsville, Alabama, where a tenant posted pix of rotten conditions such as exposed wires at a nearby apartment complex:
“Everyone who has ever lived there should start callling the health department and the city and make complaints. Don’t let them get away with how they’ve treated people anymore.”
“Let’s all not pay rent in May until they fix everything just don’t spend the money”
“I lived n 1 of they apartment on 6th Ave n yes they are slumb Lord’s n they don’t wanna fix anything that’s the reason I left.”
”Everyone call 256-427-5400 they’re community development. They handle things like roach infestations (which this place has badly). Its not much but you make their life hell for a little while”
“They are THE WORST! I moved out of there a year ago…they try to bully their tenants and everything out there is rigged up to work. Trashy rednecks are what they are. HORRIBLE people in general and HORRIBLE landlords! Someone NEEDS to do something. I tried when I was there(went to her boss) but it did no good. They want you to kiss their ass if u need something and I REFUSED!”
“I swear everybody needs to get together and protest bout them and there apartments plus how they treat ppl, ugh I stayed out there and because I was only a couple days late they fucked with my AC unit in the summer time had my apartment hot and I had a new born…..shit was just crazy staying out there…..”
“Don’t pay they ass no rent then when they come at you tell n show them motherfucker why u ain’t paid!!!!”
“Also you can get everybody in the apartment complex to sign a petition!”
“Yea they know how the system work they know the ppl living in those apts cant afford real lawyers so they do what they want Norma is somethin fuckin else we had words a week before my ceiling fell in so i guess it was her way of punishing me to leave a hole in the ceiling all summer”
“Me. I’m sick of paying rent and getting mistreated. Legal services already told me to notify them asap if they try to evict me”
“Yea stand up.”
“I’m going through it now call community development and the health department and then go to court I just went to court yest and because our land Lord for not fixing nothing and wanted to put us out cause we was fussing about him not fixing stuff and we won at court yest”
And last but not least, my own response:
“Get some more tenants who are dealing with similar issues at Westlake and hold a demonstration on Sparkman and call TV… Slumlords are like roaches, can’t deal with too much light shed on them.”