Housing

Anonymous

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My roommates have been without hot water for over a year. When I moved in, I contacted the landlord about this problem. When he finally showed up to the apartment after 6 weeks, he told me the problem was my fault because I had not made a key for the super. When I mentioned that was his job, the landlord blatantly said he did not mean to be chauvinistic, but that the men who live in my apartment would know what to do. He then told me I ask too many questions, and that the men should email him about the problem. To make matters worse, my roommates tried to convince me his comments weren’t sexist.

Rachael

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My partner and I are joint tenants of our rented house. Our letting agents never bother to copy me in on emails about upcoming maintenance work, and now, when the time has come to renew our tenancy for the next year, they have sent all of the documentation to my partner and not to me (although the messages begin “Dear Mr X and Ms Y”, they are never sent to my email address, only to my partner). If he hadn’t told me about it and forwarded some of their emails, I would be completely in the dark about the our tenancy renewal. I have informed them that this is unacceptable since I am also a tenant of the property – it remains to be seen whether they will respond…