Paying for cleanup NJ rental
August 31, 2011 3:57 PM Subscribe
Isn't my landlord responsible for payment in cleanup of heavy Hurricaine flood damage to rental? I was told to get Flood insurance for my possessions, which I have, with a limited policy I could only get with Management pulling strings. Now multimillionaire landlord wants me to pay for cleanup through my insurance (which doesn't cover that.) Is this legal in NJ?
That condition would allow you to break the lease and walk away.
That condition may also obligate the landlord to find alternate accommodations for you, should you not want to break the least. I know that when my apartment had lead removed, the landlord was legally required to put us up in a hotel or another apartment during the cleanup. No doubt there are different rules in different areas, so check with the local tenant association or a lawyer.
posted by zippy at 4:33 PM on August 31, 2011 [1 favorite]
That condition may also obligate the landlord to find alternate accommodations for you, should you not want to break the least. I know that when my apartment had lead removed, the landlord was legally required to put us up in a hotel or another apartment during the cleanup. No doubt there are different rules in different areas, so check with the local tenant association or a lawyer.
posted by zippy at 4:33 PM on August 31, 2011 [1 favorite]
Your state has an attorney general, with a website, and there will be landlord -tenant advice there. There may be a legal aid agency in your area, look in the phone book, yes, the dead tree one.
posted by theora55 at 4:55 PM on August 31, 2011
posted by theora55 at 4:55 PM on August 31, 2011
What town are you in? I would call the town and see if there is someone there who handles tenant complaints. Once you contact the town, it does make your relationship with your landlord sort of chilly, but at that point, it's not great anyhow. If the town has a record of it, the landlord is unlikely to be more of a jerk later. Just a theory.
posted by katinka-katinka at 5:04 PM on August 31, 2011
posted by katinka-katinka at 5:04 PM on August 31, 2011
The State Attorney General's Office may even have set up phone lines for storm-related issues. That has been done in NC, albeit with a PR focus on busting general contracting or tree-removal scammers, not on addressing tenant problems. If so, that's a good place to try, for local information about how to proceed.
posted by thelonius at 5:53 PM on August 31, 2011
posted by thelonius at 5:53 PM on August 31, 2011
In my New Jersey town, the Division of Rent Leveling, also handles complaints. If you want to keep it local, try them, and also your town council member.
posted by katinka-katinka at 6:57 PM on August 31, 2011
posted by katinka-katinka at 6:57 PM on August 31, 2011
Tell him no. Your insurance is for your personal property. Depending on what he says to that, your next move is with the attorney general or arranging with the contractor who your landlord is paying for appropriate time to do the work.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 7:06 PM on August 31, 2011
posted by JohnnyGunn at 7:06 PM on August 31, 2011
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posted by violetk at 4:29 PM on August 31, 2011