The evening world. Newspaper, August 23, 1920, Page 11

Ne fand to-day I am paying $18.75. | Rave boon served with a disponsess @hd must get cut by Oct, 1. It the Bepeee had to swear to that -dispos- Pees paper, why can’t I got him on perjury? He swore I lived here sev- @n years, Whereas he has only 15- ceived rent from me from March a, 1020. | Answer: In this case the might be technically guilty of per- | gury, but most likely unintentionally } @9 He could derive no benefit from | eummitting perjury in the manner lessee you have indicated. Therefore you could hardly have him held on that eharge. 1. D. F.—My complaint ts about tho eondition of my apartment, whidh | thas gone steadily from bad to. worse. | Warly in July the landlord came up with a plasterer and he pulled all the paper from the walls, The work thas not been completed, and the | jandiord refuses to finish it untesa T sign a lease giving him the option of putting me out in five days and containing other objectionable causes, Tho service in the building nas gone from bad to worse and there seems to be no hope of im: provement. What can I do? ‘Answer: It is evident the landlord fq trying to make it so objectionable Yor you that you will move. If you wish you may hold up your rental until the necessary repairs are made and the apartment ts put into @ nably comfortable condition, A TENANT—Last Oct. 1, I pald 365 and I now pay $95. The landlord wants to raise me to $14 a month. J have it straight the landlords are making about $25,000 net on the building and it costs them about | $25,000 a year to run it. Do you think there Is any way to prevent rease, which thoy are going get this October? The increase is precumed \r be unjust and oppressive by the ae Fent laws and you are advised to re- fuse payment of it unless the land- {ford can establish in court the justice of his claims. If you can show the oourt your landlords are making Gulch enormous profits the increase mill not be allowed W..R. G.—Last September my rent as $22 for three tiny rooms, This September I am asked to pay $30 or out. During the three years I ve been here no repairs have been made on the building. I have lieht @nough to see in one room and in the other two I must light the gas even when the sun is shining the brightest ’ r outside. What can I do? Answer: The rent laws prsume the » asked of you to be unjust and oppressive because it is more| @han. 25 per cent. of what you paid a! year ago. If you wish to fight It you| may refuse to pay and let It go to) court. However, It is difficult to tell! Just what ruling you will get @ause of the diversity of among the Municipal Justices. T. C. $.—I have a four-room apart ment, and my rent lust October was $44.50. The rental for the coming October will be $55. The houses are | Do you think the be- opinion | four years olt. raise is just? Anawer: The increase |s presumed fo be falr and Just because it ts less fun 25 per cent. of what you lust year, Unless you can prove in| court the proposed increase is unfatr It will be allowed to stand, MISS L. A.—Last year I was paying $16.50, and last March I was raised fo $18.50, Now the landlord w $1.50 more, which will make my re fal $23. He won't even paint the nd the place ts in a deplora- ble oda ttion, 1 have only two good rooms. Kindly let me know what to do. Answer: You can force the land- lord to keep the apartment in a habitable condition. Refuse to pay the rent unless he fixes the place. The increased rent is technically pi gumed to be unjust and unfair be- cause it is slightly more than 26 cent. of what you paid a year ago, but it is very probable the court will allow It B. T.—My landlord has notified me my rental froin Oct. 1 will be raised from $42.50 to $72.50 a month—an in- orease of more than 71 per cent. What an be done about it? Answer: Refuse to pay it until It has been brought to court and set- tled. Such an increase 1s exorbitant, end the law presumes it to be 60, BEDFORD HEAD NEEDS REST. Reforma Seventeen Daye at ry Wear On Mrs. Obristian. | ‘There ts a new temporary Superin- tendent of the State Reformatory for Women in Bedford. It was announced yerterday that Miss Mary O'Brien has felleved Mrs. Frank L. Christian, Mrs, Christian, after seventeen days pn the job of straightening out the ‘prisoners who figured in the riot on ily 24, felt she deserved a rest. 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