#24470

Hi Mel – aside from Whale’s comments, I did indicate in the original post that my friend did not want to leave her current unit and that she was already paying a lot less than market rental rate. Given the reluctance to provide a rental decrease, temporary accommodation was out of the question.  My friend was also concerned that once she was out, they would not let her back in given she was in month-to-month arrangement and paying so much below the market rate.  

They are still fixing the problem in the building as a whole but her unit (and others) has been professionally cleaned and repainted, she received the rental reduction she asked for (although this was applied at the end of it all and not on a weekly basis – but she agreed to this (I wouldn’t have!)) and is happier in her unit now.  No rental increase as yet but I suspect it will be a matter of time!