Re: Did this tenant give you any clues prior? - Landlord Forum thread 334237

Re: Did this tenant give you any clues prior? by Bryant on April 28, 2015 @10:43

No attorney would recommend such a letter be sent to tenant as it tries to shift the landlords responsibility to the tenant, which is unlawful. The tenant could easily prove that the condition existed previously and then the landlord would be seen as intimidating the tenant to avoid responsibility. Letters, such as the one you suggest, would just up the ante, with the tenant reporting the problem to the health department, in turn occurring further problems for the landlord. It would also show that the landlord failed to inspect the property on a regular basis especially when a prior habitable condition existed that the landlord knew about.

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