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Landlord fined 10ks for taking tenants toilet
Topic Started: Jan 24 2009, 04:35 PM (211 Views)
schnuppi
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Ok, I don't know what was going on to make it get that far but it's pretty disgusting

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SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. - A landlord was fined nearly $10,000 for removing the toilet and other fixtures from a basement apartment to get his tenant to move out.

The Rockland Board of Health issued the fine to Fausto Pinos on Wednesday. He had been charged with 24 housing code violations for conditions in the building in Spring Valley, a town north of New York City.

"The people living there were subjected to appalling conditions that were not fit for human habitation," said Dr. Jeffrey Oppenheim, the health board's president. "It was just disgusting."

Pinos, of Bushkill, Pa., did not appear at the meeting, but his brother, Jesus Pinos, speaking on his behalf, said the landlord did not dispute the charges. He said Pinos thought that removing the toilet, bathtub, sink, oven and countertop would force the woman and her child to move.

County officials had been tipped off to problems in the apartment in early November by an agency that was trying to help the woman. Inspectors found numerous health and safety violations, including a roach infestation and sewage in the bathtub.

The Department of Health issued emergency violations letters to Fausto Pinos on Nov. 5, according to records. When inspectors visited the apartment again Nov. 17, they discovered that the toilet and other fixtures had been removed.

The tenant told inspectors that Pinos removed the items the day before and told her to leave. But she said she had no other place to go.

The Department of Social Services helped relocate the woman and her child.

There was no listing for a Fausto Pinos in Bushkill, Pa.



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tracymc
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That poor woman having to try and bring up her child in conditions like that :unsure: any idea how old her child is?
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schnuppi
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I don't know how old the kid was - it's messed up that the landlord came up with something stupid like that! Im guessing the woman didn't pay her rent and he wanted her to leave. It still doesn't justify what he did though!
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Some people just have no compassion for others who have fallen on hard times,.... Whilst I can understand the Landlord wanting his property back , his callous behaviour towards another human being was disgraceful..- so glad the Judge thought so to !
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While nothing justifies what this landlord did, I had a friend who rented out her home to a tenant when she moved into a new one and what that tenant did was appalling. At least in California, the tenants have more rights than the owner. This tenant had actually told people that her goal was to get the house away from my friend and keep it for herself. We later found out that this wasn't the first time she had tried this scam. She worked rather diligently and eventually got the house condemned by flushing disposable diapers into the septic letting it back up and then calling the health department... And my friend couldn't get her evicted, ended up finally in court where she got the tenant out, but didn't recover any money (lost rent, damages, etc). My friend was at fault for the conditions, which were shown to be the tenants fault, but the tenant falsified items to make it look like she had informed the landlord. Anyways, sometimes there may be reasons for the way people act - doesn't justify mistreating anyone, but may explain how things come to that point.
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My grandparents had to sell their rent house because of what tenants were doing.... If was awful. They couldn't afford to fix the house again... My grandmother said when they went to clean in, it had dirty diapers stacked all over the floor, doors and cabinets had been removed... They had been living there without water or electric, and the fridge hadn't been emptied... plus the other physical damage to the house!

What that landlord did was wrong, there are other ways to evict someone!
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My sister and BIL owned a duplex years ago, and had a tenant that gave notice to move out, then just didn't leave. Didn't pay more rent, but didn't leave. She kept calling and/or sending them letters giving excuses, and saying "just a few more days". They finally got a letter with a specific date that she promised she'd be out - didn't happen. A few days after the date on the letter my sister and BIL went to the apt. when they knew she'd be at work, moved all of her stuff out of the apt. on to the front lawn and changed the locks on the door. They then had a letter delivered to her at work saying that when they'd gone to the apt. to clean it for the next tenant they found her belongings that she'd "abandoned" and since they thought some of the items may still have value to her they'd give her 3 days to come get it, and after that they'd take it to the dump. She showed up that evening with a friend's truck, got her stuff and they never heard from her again. This was over 20 years ago, and they probably wouldn't get away with it today, but it worked back then!
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I had a rental house once (never will I make that mistake again). They tried to set up a crystal meth lab, had rottweilers in the house (the carpets were ruined and the doors), and they never paid rent. I was lucky I got them out as easily as I did, and I will never take the chance again.

What the landlord did was wrong, but tenants do have more rights. And in some cases you depend on the rent (not so much to make profit), but to make the payments yourself. So their being behind makes you behind. And if you depend on it as a big part of your livelihood, then you will be hungry yourself.

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