Nick Perry breaks down three illegal landlord moves renters often miss: entering without notice, skipping maintenance on essentials like water heaters and HVAC, and retaliating against complaints with rent hikes or eviction threats. Most tenants don't recognize these violations, letting landlords get away with them.
If your landlord does any of these things, they're breaking the law and you don't even know it. Number 1, they walk into the place you are renting without letting you know beforehand. That's called illegal entry. Number 2 is not doing proper maintenance. So basically, when something breaks and they don't fix it, they're violating your lease agreement. This applies to things like water heaters, pipes, or HVAC systems. Most landlords who do that do this next thing too, which is number 3, retaliation. This is where you raise these concerns to your landlord and they do stuff like raise the rent on you or try to evict you. Most renters don't know these 3 things, which is exactly why landlords keep getting away with it.
