Megan McCullough

associate producer

“I was charged a nonrefundable $500 deposit for my pet Chihuahua.”

Samantha Keller

student

“Our landlord raised the rent from $3000 this year to $3300 without doing any repairs on our three-bedroom house near campus, and converted the garage into two more bedrooms, which have no heat and the roof leaks.”

Shawn Petros

student

“I answered an ad on Craigslist for a roommate and they wouldn’t show me the place until I passed an interview. It turned out to be an absolute mess, with bunk beds in the living room and trash everywhere.”

Nick Campbell

Goodwill worker

“The landlord wouldn’t replace the mailbox even though the postman refused to deliver mail to any of the tenants without it, so I installed one for the building, including painting the wall. For that, he evicted me and claimed I owed rent, but I won in court and he was forced to reimburse my last month’s rent.”