Mychemicalromance
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heres my situation:
my husband lost his job by way of layoffs about 2-3 months ago. he was able to obtain unemployment benefits;but not till late october.so because of that we were unable to pay our rent for october and november. we now owe the management company that handles our apartment and the entire set of townhomes around us almost $2,000 that we cannot pay (the rent was $850-which includes utilities,along with two $40 late charges.) so since the utilities are included with the rent,the management company shut off our power this morning;which i wouldnt mind,if we didnt have our 9 month old daughter.
we obviously need to think about our daughter and keeping her warm,so we got a motel for the night.(yes i realize we need to keep a roof over her head. we have a new apartment with lower rent already lined up but we cant move in for a few weeks so we have no choice but to stay where we are right now.)
tomorrow morning we are going to community action and if they can help us, they will pay the past due rent along with possibly 3 months rent,which we really dont need but they can also help us with the deposit on the new place.if the past due rent is paid we will be okay. even if they approve us for the assistance and cant help us with it immediately,what happens is they will call the landlord to let him know they are helping us with the rent,then he calls the management company who will then turn the power back on.
so;with all that said here's my question: IN OHIO;IS IT LEGAL FOR THE LANDLORD AND/OR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO SHUT OFF OUR POWER AND/OR WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT PAID OUR RENT? IS THERE A LAW OR STATUTE THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM DOING SO IF WE HAVE A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 1 LIVING WITH US?
i know in massachusetts you can apply for utility protection but i dont know if theres something like that in ohio
criticizing remarks would definitely not be welcome and i will automatically give you a thumbs down for it. that or i will report you for abuse
we had a 6 month lease the is already up but in the lease agreement it stipulates that if we decided to stay after the lease was up it would then turn into month-to-month.
basically what im getting out of all this is they are shutting off the power in an effort to get us out faster so they dont have to go through eviction proceedings
my husband lost his job by way of layoffs about 2-3 months ago. he was able to obtain unemployment benefits;but not till late october.so because of that we were unable to pay our rent for october and november. we now owe the management company that handles our apartment and the entire set of townhomes around us almost $2,000 that we cannot pay (the rent was $850-which includes utilities,along with two $40 late charges.) so since the utilities are included with the rent,the management company shut off our power this morning;which i wouldnt mind,if we didnt have our 9 month old daughter.
we obviously need to think about our daughter and keeping her warm,so we got a motel for the night.(yes i realize we need to keep a roof over her head. we have a new apartment with lower rent already lined up but we cant move in for a few weeks so we have no choice but to stay where we are right now.)
tomorrow morning we are going to community action and if they can help us, they will pay the past due rent along with possibly 3 months rent,which we really dont need but they can also help us with the deposit on the new place.if the past due rent is paid we will be okay. even if they approve us for the assistance and cant help us with it immediately,what happens is they will call the landlord to let him know they are helping us with the rent,then he calls the management company who will then turn the power back on.
so;with all that said here's my question: IN OHIO;IS IT LEGAL FOR THE LANDLORD AND/OR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO SHUT OFF OUR POWER AND/OR WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT PAID OUR RENT? IS THERE A LAW OR STATUTE THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM DOING SO IF WE HAVE A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 1 LIVING WITH US?
i know in massachusetts you can apply for utility protection but i dont know if theres something like that in ohio
criticizing remarks would definitely not be welcome and i will automatically give you a thumbs down for it. that or i will report you for abuse
we had a 6 month lease the is already up but in the lease agreement it stipulates that if we decided to stay after the lease was up it would then turn into month-to-month.
basically what im getting out of all this is they are shutting off the power in an effort to get us out faster so they dont have to go through eviction proceedings