Bad Management

[NamMyohoRengeKyo]

My mother lives in a building which exudes a strange stench. Some of my mother's neighbors experience the smell also. My mother believes the smell is a reult of mildew from floods in the buidling. She has complained to management, but they have done nothing to resolve the issue. The smell is so bad that it has made my mother sick and she has decided to move. There is also a bed bug infestation in this building. The management has been throwing out residents' couches, beds, and clothing without the residents' approval. In one case, the management went into a resident's apartment while she was sleeping, told her to get out of bed, and proceded to throw her bed out. In other cases, the management have gone into residents' apartment while the residents were not at home and threw out the residents' belongings. There has been numerous floods in this building in which the residents were not compesated for damages. The management in this building is horrible. Because most of the residents are seniors or disabled, they do not complain because of fear of reprisals. Since my mother is moving and I do not live there, I want to know if there is any legal action that can be taken against this building's management? Can and should these resident sue the management?

Has anyone made a written compalint of the smell, possible mold, and the failure of action of the company? Without these written repair requests, you cannot prove that management was ever directly to make repairs and fix the problem. Has anyone asked for extermination? Have they refused extermination or been refused an exterminator? This type of thing needs to be in writing to prove a case like this in court.

The residents could always contact a city building inspector or the government health department about the problems. They should order the company to fix these things.

The actions of desposing of resident's belongings without permission are illegal. Someone should sue them for these. However, without written requests for repairs of the flooding issues, they won't be held liable for replacing damaged items due to flooding. You have to be able to prove without a doubt that management knew about the problem and refused to do anything about it before they would be liable for that.