Slum Lords Preying on the Poor

I wrote in yesterday's blog about becoming homeless. Today I'm going to write about Slumlords, a problem I've had to deal with several times in my life.

A slumlord in the ghetto doesn't care about his property. He doesn't care about the safety of his tenant,  he only cares about his/her money. He comes at the beginning of the month for his money and that's it.  The City,  borough, or Township is usually after him about the condition of the property because he doesn't worry about cutting the grass or getting rid of the weeds. He also doesn't pay the taxes all the time.

I've been unlucky enough to have had several landlords who were slum lords.  I'm going to write about my experience with each one.

The first one owned a triplex and sealed the window seals.  He never fixed anything that broke or blamed everything on the tenant. The cement outside steps needed to be fixed they were a tripping hazard.  My daughter tripped and fall down the steps and had a seizure. This was such a bad experience I moved to public housing because I needed a safe place for my children and I to live.  This one paid his taxes though.

The second one literally had one tenant move out while another moved in. He never fixed anything and had a problem buying new water heaters. The water heater broke every three months and he would replace it with old water heaters  He did not like paying his taxes either. I had a hole in my kitchen floor that my daughter fell into and was literally stuck there.

I moved from that one to a Boarding House run by a friend.  Well he got hooked on crack and didn't pay the bills so all the Utilities got shut off.

The last man was the worse.  He was told several hundred times that cats,  raccoons, and other wild animals were coming into the house.  He did nothing about it choosing instead to blame the cats on me. I got called the Cat woman despite only having two cats.

He tried to illegally evict me sending me a text telling me I had two days to move.

He had the water shut off and the meter taken out. He then called the Health Department and Children Youth and Families,  the Child Welfare department of the state.

How does this happen? I don't have any credit at all.  I never pass a credit check and I do not want credit cards to help.  I also have no idea about managing money I'm poor there is never any money to manage.
The property is usually cheap and it's in 15104 which is my requirement.

I live in a place where the property is cheap and well maintained.  She fixes what needs fixed and follows all laws.  More than likely I will stay for years because she's a real landlord.