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READTHEBOOKJC t1_jal230e wrote

You need to sue him for your security deposit - what you should of done is used it for your last months rent but sounds like this ship has sailed - you gotta sue - read up on the laws too - https://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/codes/publications/pdf_lti/secty_deposit_bulletin.pdf

get a lawyer if you can afford one

how much is the total you are trying to get back ??

Was the security deposit in a bank as legally required ? If not you can use for rent plus seven percent

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peRFectforme21 OP t1_jamj0gm wrote

As a student who just arrived here few months ago and no income currently, I am not in a position to afford a lawyer. Yes we did use a certain portion of deposit as a rent so what’s remaining now is 900 which is not that big of an amount here but for students like us from a country with economy 80 times worse, it does translate into a big amount.

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possums101 t1_jamrvoe wrote

$900 is definitely a lot of money here. Students or not. And it’s your money. I hope you can get it back because this isn’t right. Welcome to America, landlords can be terrible.

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peRFectforme21 OP t1_janhtkz wrote

At this point I am willing to let go money but this is my first experience and the way the landlord has behaved with me all these months has scared me more than anything. Constantly shouting on me, cursing and then pinning all the blame back on either me or my roommates just made me lose faith in humanity. Like how and why would someone behave like this with people who haven’t done anything wrong to them. This is just bad.

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Economy-Cupcake808 t1_jangx64 wrote

You can file a claim in small claims court. $900 dollars is not enough money to make it worthwhile to pursue litigation. Note that if you sue your landlord it will appear on your background check when you apply to rent future apartments and you will be automatically denied.

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peRFectforme21 OP t1_janhg7n wrote

This issue coming up by in my background check is exactly what I am worried about. Yeah I am getting similar opinion about the amount being not worth pursuing anything legal from people around me here. I guess I will have to learn to live with this system for bad landlords till I can earn enough to get my own place to live. This incident has scared me of renting anything here in NJ in near future though.

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Economy-Cupcake808 t1_janhym5 wrote

This is not an issue unique to New Jersey. 900 in my opinion is not worth pursuing. If you really want you can wait until you’ve secured a lease prior to bringing a case against your former landlord.

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peRFectforme21 OP t1_janif7l wrote

Yes I am not going to pursue this and at this point that guy is just not worth my time, energy and mental health.

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