I posted one very detailed negative review on apartments.com I think it was and it was deleted lol… not sure if my complex had a hand in getting it removed or what, but there was no valid reason to delete it.

Its just insane there’s no laws to help with these situations. They’re becoming extremely commonplace.

As far as I can tell in my jurisdiction there is no recourse for reporting them aside from suing for not upkeeping the pool because it isn’t something necessary like water, heating/cooling, etc. Suing defeats the purpose because I don’t want to move and win or lose I definitely wouldn’t be able to stay there after the case.

A tenant union could be useful long term maybe but it puts a target on your back just like suing does.

It didn’t used to be that bad. I moved in at $700/month back in 2015 or so and now its going to be up to about $1500. It used to raise $50 each renewal which was reasonable but then covid absolutely skyrocketed the prices of everything.

Moving may be the only option long term, but I’m not ready yet so I was wondering if people had techniques for dealing with these companies so that you aren’t just instantly dismissed.

I don’t want to move though. I just want a fair deal.