Critical Tweet Lands Chicago Tenant in Libel Suit

They're also a "Talk first and think about public perception of the statement later" kind of an organization.

I would hope that they had checked the apt. for mold first before going nuclear. Perhaps they are counting on "knowing a guy" when the case goes to court. if the tenant can prove any of the statement, that "we sue first and ask questions later" opens them up for a nice countersuit that is probably a slamdunk.

I guess the landlord does NOT sleep in building they own. What a shame landlord do NOT live like the people they rent to.

And people make assumptions about tenants too. My apartment developed a leak at the water heater which is in an outside storeroom surrounded by shrubbery. I noticed a leak onto the patio and requested a repair. The maintenance guy tightened the hoses and turn them so the leak ran back behind the water heater where you couldn't see it. Everything looked OK out front. Because we're in the desert the owners decided to tear out the grass and shrubs and put in desert friendly plants. OK by me. They stripped away the bushes from the shed, green mold everywhere and back behind the water heater where the water was twisted to go? Black mold. They had to rip out all the walls and replace everything. Thank goodness it was found before it hit the apartment walls. There's guilt on both sides in the landlord/tenant relationship.

What ever happened to freedom of speech?

How unfortunate and disturbing; I'm a landlord myself and would never sue a tenant over a statement even if they were wrong...if I were a renter in that building or any building owned by HGM mentioned above, I would leave based on their actions against their tenant. How frightening that it isn't enough that landlords want their tenants to take all of the risk as in their stupid one year leases where you would owe for all the other months in the event of a job loss, when you couldn't even live there anymore in the event of a job loss. No one needs a problem like this, too many can't even save paying these outrageous rents, and then to get sued over a statement so heartlesslessly; my god, who would do business with them?

I wish people weren't so desperate making landlords holding all the cards and taking advantage for doing little compared to the renters paying the bills.

My renter has violated contract many times, but I'm smart and nice enough to know who I'm dealing with psychologically and socially, and to recognize the good and be able to measure importance; she's rented for me for 5 steady years with an offer to purchase. These landlords want to make too much of a killing and offer far too little, and then swim in the life of luxury their renters pay for.

I blame dual income couples for constantly doubling the cost of living until recent times for the high rates, and I can recognize heavy immigration and less unit availability and group living caused by their presence is also a factor.

I hope this gets thrown out by the judge and that she counter sues for emotional and other damages and wins.

Being a hard@$$ gets no where with me.

Are you kidding me!

Dan Tenore:

I AM currently a landlord(lady) whatever....and I also have been in the position of having to rent and so has my daughter. She started exhibiting strange symptoms, as did her daughter (who was an infant at the time)...The landlord said..."no mold...and you can't tell me there is!". Well...being the bitch that I am..I took a sharp knife and went to "culprit spots"...peeled back paint...looked under sinks and what do you think I found?
I find that landlords are usually a pain-in-the-ass and want to make the money and not pay out the money. BTDT..I have lived in apartments where they refused to do anything about the problems with A/C in the summer and we'd have no A/C...in Phoenix....I could go on and on...I don't know about this renter and I would have to think someone using Twitter to gripe...might not be that reliable of a source but I also know..that landlords ... well, that doesn't make them upstanding citizens, either.

I am a landlord, and all four of my tenents don't like what I feed them, they are always watching me eat and trying too get into my plate..I give them top grade dog and cat food, what more do they want from me..they even sleep in the same bed that I do and when they don't like what I watch on TV they chew my remote control up...can I sue them?

if she can prove there is mold then she should be ok as the fact that a statement is indeed true would be a strong defense. for something to be considered libel, it must be false.

I hope that lady finds tons of mold and those money grubbing sh*% bags have to pay out to her.