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fishingfool
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I live in Seattle Wa, and have rented from the same landlord for 13yrs. I have lived in the same triplex the whole time, in two different units. In the last seven years I have been dealing with the fact that my wifes sister was married to the landlord for 10 yrs. Because of the family kind of relationship my wife has discoauged me from taking action on serious issues that have now gone from bad to life threatening. I have been in a home with a broken bathroom window for 2yrs, cardboard as a band-aid,a woodstove that is cracked, leaks smoke,and I was told it was cleaned prior to my move in but truth shows no cleaning in 13 years,light fixtures that are burned,cinged, that wont work,racoons,possums in the heating ducts that blow heat into my home,a deck that is so molded and slippery it is unusable, A FOUNDATION THAT IS CRACKING, my whole right side of my unit is sloping so far that i cannot put a lamp,table,on that side of my unit because it will tip over, my ceiling has sunken down over 1foot in 3 months,cracks in the walls,paint falling,mortar breaking up on the chimney and around the woodstove, a fence that is supposed to secure my 2 beagles, but has holes all over when a slight wind blows. My landlord lives a block away from my home and is on site often to look at the yard,talk to a tenant, etc. I have sent letters,made calls,talked in person to my landlord about each of the above problems. Those problems are all over 1 to 5yrs in time of first contact to my landlord. He has been in the home for plumbing fixes,minor appliance fixes,etc many times in this time frame, but just blows me off when i ask about the problems. He is filthy rich from rentals,he knows with 2dogs,4cats, and our financial situation that we cannot afford to move out. With my wifes almost obsessive need to not bother him he just figures I will just give up like usual. I called the city for an inspection the code violations are going to be severe. and i am sure the house is going to be condemned. My house is sinking into the ground and i do not want to die, I see the cracks getting bigger daily, the sloping worse and worse, and I have no choice. This will cause me to have to move out with very little notice if any and we are financialy hurting and the state has no assistance for relocation. I want this ******* who through his neglect has cost me my home and maybe my marriage. I am in shock that to no fault of mine and as a great tenant who pays rent on time for 13 years that a millionare can just say bye,bye, hit the road with no obligation to help us move out. What are my options.. He knew that the house was full of violations when he rented to us. He rented a home that was and is a life threatening hazard, He ignores my repair requests, I cant use my woodstove, overhead lights in 3 rooms, i am paranoid about the collapse of the house all the time, I cant use to many electric outlets at one time for breaker blow outs, the crap that comes of the rodents in my heating ducts blows into my home every time I turn the heat on, my allergies and my wifes have been 100% worse since the day we moved in, the cracked walls and falling paint make it so we dont have people over at all anymore, we fight about the home daily. I am just stressed as hell HELP PLEASE