Rental houses in 77598

Do you believe that the freedom to build the type of home you would want in a community should be regulated less (i.e. building a second story on your house, building a rental unit in your backyard). I guess this post is somewhat of negation of single family zoning, which is generally a conservative stance. But, would regulated housing policy be more libertarian or less libertarian?

Hi Redditors, looking for advice, if possible, to buy a new property before we sell our own PPR. We own outright and may get 670/90k for our house, Have 60k in savings and are looking at spending 1m in Brisbane. We don't want to sell first because 1. properties are scarce and selling first will likely limit our options and 2. with house prices going up and rentals also lacking we find it risky to sell and then buy.
Combined income at the moment is 130k, One child. Could possibly rent out our property, perhaps for about 550 the week.
TIA

As of now I am f24 and H is M32. SOrry for such a long post but i think its important for context.
Marriage on June 10, 2022
Þ 5-6 days later, they gave me the laptop and told me to fill in the PR application.

Þ They were adamant on filling the application and would decline dinner parties so time would not be wasted.

Þ June 26, 2022, we went to Australia. I had a visitor visa for 3months, and H was on a student visa.
o H was doing uber for a living while doing school which was online
o We both stayed with my sister and her husband in Australia

Þ During this time, H asked me for money as a loan to help with his expenses.

o He didn’t pay any rent as we were staying with my sister. He never spent a single penny on anything. I never asked for any money from him.

o I had no money to give as I was a student back Canada and refused to give money. He verbally abused me to a point where I called his parents. I told them I am coming back to Canada and H is asking me for money. They defended him by saying he handled all the expenses of the wedding and it’s okay if you give money.

o I gave $500 from my haq mehar I got during the Nikkah just so we can get past this issue.

Þ I ended up staying in Australia for another 3months because my sister was having baby and I wanted to spend time with H.

Þ End August – Beginning of September we submitted the PR Application

Þ We planned for a trip to bali as a short honeymoon. He would make all the plans, find places to visit in Bali. But the next day, the situation is changed and he would say I have no money.

Þ After several back and forth, my brother in law booked my ticket to New Zealand just so I can leave the country and come back as the Visa was valid for 1 year and I could make several entries in that year.

Þ H at first was happy about the fact that we would get to spend another 3 months together. But exactly within 24 hours, he would say the opposite such as financial burden on me and with me staying in Australia would cause more debt on him. And that he spent so much money on the wedding.

Þ H paid the loan of the ticket to my brother in law after some time

Þ In these 6 months, there were a lot of arguments and so much verbal abuse where he would say something different every time we spoke on the issue. I was so stressed to the point where I had such high blood pressure.

Þ I went back to Canada on Dec 2, 2022, on a ticket my mom paid for because he claimed to have to no money. He was making close to 5k every month on Uber and was also not paying anything to sister for staying at her house. And I never asked for any money.

Þ He has not returned the money for the ticket.

Þ After my return to Canada, I stayed with my parents. My in laws were staying with their daughter in the basement.

Þ We met on events and occasions and I could feel the resentment from them. Their behaviour was always cold for example, they would never introduce me to people.

Þ H and I used to talk on the phone almost everyday. Most days were good most days were spent on why there is no decision made on the PR application.

o As I finished school in April of 2023, I asked him if I could move back to Australia with him so we could be together and wait for the PR application decision.

o At first, he was excited and would send me rental apartments and would tell me to find some as well. I got really excited about this and had already made up my mind to come to Australia.

o But then there was change in his behaviour. He refused by verbally assaulting and demeaning my character. He said that I should be grateful that his family never asked for dowry (common in Pakistani culture). And that my parents were just trying to get rid of their daughter so they married him off to the first guy they found.

o He would joke if I am really a citizen of Canada. He said that I should show him my passport again so he verify that its valid.

Þ I always compromised and just listened to him yell at me on the phone.

Þ He used to deposit money every now and then to the Melb joint bank account, but I never took any money out of it, only on occasions when the money was being spent on his family.

Þ He would also take the money out as well for his own expenses. He would say I added this money so I can also take it out, it’s my hard earned money.

Þ We spent 13 months away from each other.

Þ He got his Canadian PR in July 2023. He didn’t want to come right away as he wanted to stay in Australia and earn some money for savings.

Þ He landed in Canada on Dec 25, 2023, and with no savings. We moved to my in laws apartment 2 bed and 2 bath.

o He paid no rent money to his parents. Even on the first on every month, they (in-laws) would be talking about expenses and how the bills have increased so much since we (H and I) have come.

o Grocery items were often counted to see how much everyone was eating.

o I got a full time in October 2023 and have been working 9-5. A lot of pressure was on my by everyone in his family to find a job.

o H would verbally threaten me every other day to help his mother with household chores or else he would complain to my parents. I worked until 5pm and they expected me to leave work and make them food.

o I had to leave a few work calls just so I can go do house chores because I wanted to avoid arguments with H.

o During my lunch break, when I should be eating, I cleaned the washroom, which was used by me, H and his father. I had gotten comments from the mother in law that I am dirty person and washroom is always dirty. I cleaned the washroom and my bedroom every other day.

Þ H wanted to start uber here as well until he could find a job in his field, I applied for every single job for him, which was an expectation set by every single person in his family. They would send me job postings to apply for him.

o To get uber, he needed to pass class 4 exam which was 20$. So, in the meantime, he did ubereats, which required no exam.

o He would leave the house early morning with his mother and go for uber eats for almost all day. They expected me to cook food by 11am and feed the father in law lunch. And clean the apartment because the mother was very particular about cleanliness.

o So almost every day, there was only me and the father in the apartment.

o He asked me for money and threatened not to tell anyone. I had given him about $700 during our 2.5 months.

Þ The only time we really got to spend together was during the night. I went to bed at 9pm and he would be watching a tv with his mother almost every night and would come to bed late.

Þ Even when I would be sleeping, and he would shake me awake and verbally abuse me for not making the food properly or I didn’t clean the living room today.

Þ Ramazan started on Sunday March 10. I cooked all the sehri for everyone and washed the dishes. I changed my work hours to 8-4 so I could help the mother in law with iftar.

Þ The first 2 days went well. On the third day, I made all the sehri (morning meal) and washed dishes but I wasn’t feeling well and would throw up.

Þ I asked H if I could sleep after work for an hour and I would wake up at 5pm and help with iftar(sunset meal) He said okay. I slept through my alarm and woke up at 6. I immediately went out but the iftar was ready but I could see the anger on the mothers face.

Þ It was iftari time and I could barely eat anything. I ate one samosa and threw that all up. I was just handed cleaning supplies and was told to clean.

Þ There was a huge confrontation between the mother, h and brother in regards to me sleeping and not helping the MIL cook.

Þ The brothers were arguing and I was so annoyed that they were talking about me like that so I questions hassan by saying this is where you wanted to live. Then the MIL yes he will stay here this is his house all angerly. She said some pretty nasty thing about me and us.

Þ I went to my room and stayed there until Hassan came and said that I should go out and say sorry. I said sorry in hopes that we would move past this issue. I had learnt my lesson.

Þ The next day, my mom calls me and says that MIL called her and complained about me that I don’t cook, clean or help around house and that I am always annoyed. My parents then decided to come visit and see what the issue is.

Þ The same afternoon, I could hear the MIL and FIL talking about how ever since I have come there is no peace in the house and that this car( analogy that our relationship wont last) won’t run for long. We should all move back to Pakistan take H with us. We need to make a decision about this.

Þ After hearing all this, I asked my parents to take me away from here bc this is toxic behavior and I cant live like this. So my parents came and there was a huge confrontation. I went home with my parents and haven’t gone back since.



We met on 3 different occasions.
· 1^st meeting: I went with a clear head and wanted to see where his was at. All he did was tell me how I disrespected his parents especially the mother and I shouldn’t have threathen them with police and PR cancellation (which by the way I said with a lot of anger during the confrontation with our parents)
o He said we can move out do 50-50 but he will do walmart job from 6-2 and 2-9 would be uber and he will go have dinner with his parents at their place and will only come to the separate apartment with me to sleep
o He left me crying at Tims bc he had to pick dad up.

· 2^nd meeting: He came with to me with 2 options : I can pay the rent of 4-5 months until he can get on his feet and start earning and after that 4-5 period he will start contributing OR I can stay at my parents house for 405 months until he can start earning. After 4-5 months of savings he said we can get a separate apartment we both do 50-50.

After these two meetings, I knew I was done. My parents were done. I went to a couple lawyers and had stated the divorce process. But then his sister reached out to me and said a lot of supporting things that made me think that I can give it a another try.

· 3^rd meeting: I again after a talk with his sister, I felt like I could try again. But he started talking about how I said this to his mom and dad. They are so stressed. He said that I should stay at parents house until September bc his family is insecure of how easily I threaten them with police.

· My parents have left it to me to decide what I want. H and his family are lairs, they deny things that were said in front of everyone, they are manipulators. But then I think what if he is different after he gets a job and stops depending on his parents. What if once we are away from parnets and have space for ourselves he could be a whole different person. A lot of things had been said by his mother and father about me but he never takes responsibility of what they said to me or my parents. Its all about My family and I for him.

My neighbor built an extension to his house, and I believe the rain is running off it and onto my exterior brick wall. There is water damage to my interior wall and ceiling. From the discoloration of my brick, it seems pretty to clear that the rain comes off his extension, does not have proper gutters or a downspout. Neighbor, however, still claims he is not the source of the water.
This is in New York City, so What are my options?
Mechanical:
- Waterproof my exterior wall, which I will need to reapply every two years
- Attach an awning to redirect the water to his house
- Offer to pay for his gutters
Legal
- Call Dept of Buildings as his extension does not have a certificate of occupancy
- Call our homeowners insurance and let them deal with the neighbor
- Lawyer up and video water coming off his extension on to my house
Any other ideas?
The neighbor is not very reasonable or rational. He has so much to lose: his home's (illegal) extension (if it is indeed not up to code/permitted/lacks a certificate of occupancy), rental income (he doesn't live there and rents out the house), and other discoverable violations when the inspector comes.

This is about 20% frustrated rant, 80% actually asking for other people’s experiences and advice.
I’m moving from FL to Portland OR. I’m keeping my same job, company is providing a cost of living adjustment that kicks in on July 1, so ideally I’d get a lease that starts 7/1, but I’m willing to eat some dead rent money and sign for mid-June if I can get a good place locked in.
I’m trying to be proactive, so I’ve started inquiring about places over the past week or so and I’m already so frustrated with these rental management people. I’m up front about my timeline, ask if it’s reasonable for the property, they all just come back with “DO YOU WANNA COME FOR A TOUR OR HOW ABOUT AN APPLICATION, DO YOU WANNA APPLY? OOPS THAT HOUSE IS OFF THE MARKET NOW BUT HOW ABOUT THIS HOUSE THATS 1k OVER YOUR BUDGET AND YOURE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING YOUR CAT”
Basically one step up from dealing with a car salesman.
So I’m asking, is it completely pointless to be inquiring this early?? It seems like some places take close to a month to process an application, so even if my move-in date is kinda far out, it’s not unreasonable. Yet they act like unless I can move in tomorrow, I shouldn’t even be bothering them. The market moves so fast, any decent place seems to get snapped up within a week. How far in advance did you guys start looking, and when did you actually sign?

22m.
After my last experiences with women, and looking back at the ones I was going for, it's clear that I have low self esteem. In my opinion it's for good reason but that's besides the point.
I'm renting, in the process of finding a house to purchase. No cats allowed in my rental but they will be in my future house I own.
When I was little we had a cat and she was always there for me when I was down. She was the only one who was 💔.
I don't want a girlfriend or wife anymore. I just want a cat.

Hello everyone!! This has been on my mind for a very long time so here I am presenting my case before the Honorable Judge Charlotte. First off this is my first time on Reddit so please be a little kind secondly, English is not my first language, so I am sorry in advance if there are any grammatical errors. I am sorry if this is too long.
So, I (21 F) met this guy, let's call him Ken, at an event when I was in university. He was the roommate of my best friend's boyfriend and we clicked instantly when we met. We became almost inseparable to the point where my roommate started teasing me about it but from the very first day, I had a very clear idea of a purely platonic friendship with him. We became closer he always used to tell me that I reminded me of his older sister. We used to hang out all the time and had the same group of friends. At the same time, I had another very close friend let's call her Sally. I always thought Sally was the kind of sweet, innocent, and naive girl who has always lived in the protection of her parents and knew less about the outside world. We had some things in common and we became great friends. We lived in the same hostel, and she became very close to me to the point that I told her she was like a younger sister to me. I am an only child, and I lost my younger sister when she was an infant, hence, it was sort of a big deal for me.
Sally was part of the same friend group as Ken and started to develop feelings for Ken. This kept on for a while and one day Sally asked me if I liked Ken, and I said I didn't and then she confessed to me that she had a crush on Ken. The next day I subtly started to enquire Ken if he had feelings for her, which I thought he did, and he said yes. I urged him to pursue her, and they ended up together. I was beyond ecstatic. Everything was in place I had great friends and amazing grades; this was the reason Ken would ask me to help him out with his assignments. I was a freelance writer and had a good command of language and academic writing. I always said yes to him because he was my best friend. Sally seemed a little salty about that but when confronted she would always deny it. Our friendship was thriving I got her a summer internship in my home city and took her to my house and a family wedding, she also developed a close bond with my family.
Everything seemed amazing until we returned from the summer break, Sally started being distant, especially after Ken's birthday celebration, and I did not understand why. I was told later that it was because Ken loved my gift a lot. My best friend and my roommate were both telling me these were the red flags. I did not pay much mind to it as it was third-party information.
One day out of nowhere my best friend Meg and her boyfriend, Ken's roommate, told me that Sally was cheating on Ken. I did not believe them at first but then he showed me screenshots of Snapchat conversations he took when he confronted the guy with whom she was cheating. He told me the guy, who was a senior in Ken's class and friends with Ken told him that Sally was trying to woo him when he was drunk. Meg's boyfriend was smart enough to take the pictures on his phone of the chats. I was speechless, he asked me if we should tell Ken as we were both his good friends, and he had the right to know. I was conflicted for a while because it would ruin Ken and Sally's relationship but then decided he had the right to know.
When we told Ken he was livid. He decided to confront Sally. He asked us to be with him in the college cafeteria when he did that, but we decided to give them some space and sit at a different table. After 5 or so minutes we saw that they were hugging each other, Ken came to us and told us that Sally confessed and apologized and that the guy must have led her on. I wanted to say something, but I did not because Sally was throwing me dirty looks. By this point, Sally was insistent that I should stay away from Ken. To satisfy her insecurities Ken set me up with a guy, it was technically my first relationship, but things did not work out between us, and we broke up in a month. During that one month, we went on a trip together, three couples me, my boyfriend, Meg and her boyfriend, and Sally and Ken. Sally had some financial issues so I paid for half of her very expensive hotel room and car rental price because I did want to make her feel. It did not seem like much at the time as my parents covered my part of the trip and I was making a good sum of money through a part-time job. During that trip, Sally constantly tried to sideline me and one-up me even before Meg. By that time, I was under the impression that if I offended her, I would end up offending Ken so I let it slide.
The next year Meg's roommate moved to another place so there was an empty bed in her room. We decided to let Sally move in and that turned out to be a mistake. Once Sally moved in with Meg who lived right in the next room to me. After she moved in Ken started getting more and more distant, he only ever talked to me when he was either drunk, very sad, or needed me to do one of his assignments. I confronted Sally about it and it resulted in a huge argument. Ken was a little apologetic about it and told me he would make it up to me and we decided to go watch a movie the next day, but on the next day, he again ditched me because, surprise, surprise, he was with Sally, and she needed him that day. (During this time, I started seeing this amazing guy we liked all the same kinds of things, on our first date he gifted me a book by my favorite author. I loved fantasy novels, and I am a sucker for Greek Mythology books, so needless to say that book was special to me). I missed my best friend and I always said yes to help him with assignments. Even on the day of our farewell party in my senior year of college, I was making a presentation for his project and did not even have time to get ready properly when everyone in my class, including Sally, was looking spectacular and I was not. Even after the Party I had to stay up for a while to do his work.
What happened the next day of the party was the last straw. Meg had been complaining about her cash being missing from her wallet for the first few times we thought she must have misplaced it but then more things started to go missing. My roommate lost some cash, a watch that we gifted to her along with a very expensive perfume. One day I realized the book I got from my date was missing, there were other things, the keychain gifted to me by Ken, and one more Keychain that was shaped like Luna Lovegood's wand. I told Meg and she told me about her missing cash and some other cosmetics. We complained about it to the Hostel warden, and she checked our cupboards and found all of these things in Sally's cupboard hidden under her clothes, except for the cash. She stole from us.
She started to make all sorts of excuses and blamed us for bullying her but it was of no use she was caught red-handed. She moved to another room with one of her other friends. Within the hour of this happening Ken blocked me on all the social media platforms. He avoided me altogether. He would change his path if he saw me coming. It was heartbreaking but at this point, I was pretty much done with all the drama and decided to focus on my final exams. I decided to go back home as soon as I was done with my exams and wait to get into the master's program. Even on my last day on campus, I waited to see if Ken would come to bid me goodbye but to no avail. He never showed up. I thought we would never speak again and was okay with it.
Two months ago, I received a call from him, I did not recognize the number as I deleted his number. I did recognize the voice though. He greeted me like everything was normal and then proceeded with a half-hearted apology mixed with blaming me for abandoning him, bullying his girlfriend, and accusing her of stealing. I explained to him that I neither bullied her nor accused her of anything. She was caught red-handed. He changed the topic and requested me to unblock him. I thought he genuinely wanted to reconcile and unblocked him, but I was not too keen on trusting him this time. It went on well for a while. But then a couple of days back I got a call from him, he was ranting about how Sally was not sure about their future and went on a date with a guy on Tinder. I sympathized with him and let him rant for a while then I ended the call as my shift was about to start. The next day he called me again and told me he and Sally were back together and then went on about how Sally was not happy with him telling me about their relationship and started bitching about Meg, my best friend, and proceeded to tell me how she was a bad friend, and she poisoned our friendship and how she and her boyfriend talked shit about me behind my back. This was my last straw I told him I would not hear anything about my best friend and how my friendship with her was very strong as we had been real friends to each other, unlike him who was shallow and selfish and had no backbone. I told him never to call me again even when his shitty gf cheated on him again. He tried to defend himself, but I told him I was done with him, and I ended the call and blocked him from everywhere.
So, AITA for blocking my guy best friend when he tried to reconcile with me?
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Hi all,
So as it says in the title, I'm about to graduate college and try to do freelance film set work. My goal is to be a live production sound mixer as well as a grip.
I've had paid PA gigs before, but they've been few and far between so far, never consistent. I have some good contacts from school that I could utilize, but I'm not sure they'll ever be able to pay me and I obviously can't do favors forever. I need to start being paid for my work.
I'm starting a sales job at a rental house next month after interning there for class credit this past semester, which is obviously good. I'll work remotely for a month or two before looking to move out to in/around the NY area in the summer (I was thinking Jersey City/Hoboken until I can save up enough to move out to Brooklyn). It'll keep me at least somewhat connected to the industry.
So my question is this: how do I start finding paid film set work immediately out of college? I feel like I'm already doing everything in my power and coming up empty. Granted, I'm not even out of school yet so it's not like I can dedicate my time to finding work fully yet, though that will change within a couple of weeks.
I know about sites like Mandy and StaffMeUp and I'm gonna try them out for sure; my one friend who is now a fairly established grip told me that that's how she got her start. Can't help but feel so behind everyone I see online, but I know that that's not true.
Any advice at all would be helpful! Thanks!

My family will be moving cross country to Damascus in mid-May. We are trying to find a place that offers month-to-month rental but have been unsuccessful, so far. We've tried reaching out to AirBNB, VRBO, local apartments and have even looked at house rentals on Zillow and some local hotels. We can't find anything temporary that isn't more than $3,500 a month. We may have to stay in a motel which would be fine except we have small children, dogs and my spouse works from home so that's a lot of chaos in one room. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Need legal advice
About 4 years ago my mother-in-law and her boyfriend bought a 2nd house as rental, it was in my mother-in-law's name and my mother-in-law's boyfriend was a farmer, the house is 2 Acres.
On one acre my mother-in-law's boyfriend planted apple orchards as he has property right next to the house that is also his apple trees, about 2 years ago he had a stroke and died. My mother-in-law unable to take care of the second home, decided to sell it, she offered me to buy it so I did.
I've owned the house for one year and the farm has taken care the trees.
My mother-in-law's boyfriends father was also a farmer in part of the business owner in the farm, there was no lease but there was a vocal agreement between my mother-in-law and her boyfriend's father that he would remove the trees entirely or sign a lease with the new owners.
About one week ago approximately a little over a year of me owning the house I had a lease agreement made up for him to sign.
After I sent him a text message letting him know I had a lease agreement made up I come home the next day to find all of the trees cut down, not removed but just cut about a foot above, left with a stump.
I did not agree to let them do this.
My mother-in-law did not agree to let them do this.
I am fine with them removing the trees entirely or sign in a lease I am not okay with being left with 2500 stumps.

About 4 years ago my mother-in-law and her boyfriend bought a 2nd house as rental, it was in my mother-in-law's name and my mother-in-law's boyfriend was a farmer, the house is 2 Acres.
On one acre my mother-in-law's boyfriend planted apple orchards as he has property right next to the house that is also his apple trees, about 2 years ago he had a stroke and died. My mother-in-law unable to take care of the second home, decided to sell it, she offered me to buy it so I did.
I've owned the house for one year and the farm has taken care the trees.
My mother-in-law's boyfriends father was also a farmer in part of the business owner in the farm, there was no lease but there was a vocal agreement between my mother-in-law and her boyfriend's father that he would remove the trees entirely or sign a lease with the new owners.
About one week ago approximately a little over a year of me owning the house I had a lease agreement made up for him to sign.
After I sent him a text message letting him know I had a lease agreement made up I come home the next day to find all of the trees cut down, not removed but just cut about a foot above, left with a stump.
I did not agree to let them do this.
My mother-in-law did not agree to let them do this.
I am fine with them removing the trees entirely or sign in a lease I am not okay with being left with 2500 stumps.

Hi all, thank you for any advice in advance. I have a 2 story home that is 3800 sqft in total and has 4 separate apartments. The home is currently out of level, so I had a foundation company come out to get a scope of work on repairs. They have produced the attached plan and scope of work. The engineer that they will be using and have a relationship with agreed that the plan is sufficient to keep the house level.
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I am questioning signing the contract though as they previously gave me an estimate for another property that was accurate and fair, but is designed for a typical homeowner who plans to own their home for 30 years, wants it perfectly level, and never really wants to deal with this again. I on the other hand plan to own these maybe 8-15 years and don’t necessarily need absolute perfection for tenants in the event of minor shifting (plus I expect to shim every 5-10 years).
Is the work that’s included really the minimum that I can do to have a sound building or are there a fewer number of piers that would still make sense to replace? I don’t want to pay the typical homeowner tax with renovations where I am paying for this super ideal home when these are moderate income rentals. I have a lot of repairs to make in the future 12 months and I am paying out of pocket, so I am open to reasonable options that give tenants a quality home, protect the structure in the long term, and don’t blow the budget.

Hi all, thank you for any advice in advance. I have a 2 story home that is 3800 sqft in total and has 4 separate apartments. The home is currently out of level, so I had a foundation company come out to get a scope of work on repairs. They have produced the attached plan and scope of work. The engineer that they will be using and have a relationship with agreed that the plan is sufficient to keep the house level.
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I am questioning signing the contract though as they previously gave me an estimate for another property that was accurate and fair, but is designed for a typical homeowner who plans to own their home for 30 years, wants it perfectly level, and never really wants to deal with this again. I on the other hand plan to own these maybe 8-15 years and don’t necessarily need absolute perfection for tenants in the event of minor shifting (plus I expect to shim every 5-10 years).
Is the work that’s included really the minimum that I can do to have a sound building or are there a fewer number of piers that would still make sense to replace? I don’t want to pay the typical homeowner tax with renovations where I am paying for this super ideal home when these are moderate income rentals. I have a lot of repairs to make in the future 12 months and I am paying out of pocket, so I am open to reasonable options that give tenants a quality home, protect the structure in the long term, and don’t blow the budget.

I previously lived in Ottawa, went to Algonquin even, came to Toronto for work 10 years ago, I now have a spouse whose in the CAF, my job is now done from home, and the CAF is posting my spouse to Ottawa.
With all the benefits of a government apartment hunting trip and that, we're trying to pick the right apartment to move into, and at least until we buy a house or there's another posting.
So there's this place that is at the top of our list: https://www.osgoodeproperties.com/apartments/on/ottawa/lakeview-apartments/
We're looking for 2bdrms, in a location close enough to convenient things as well as easy access to OC Transpo. This place is huge for it's price, 1070 square feet for $2,074/Month. Anything in that price range is smaller, close to 750-850 square feet. Anything closer in size is more expensive. Nothing else quite fits in the 'square footage per dollar range'.
For context, we are specifically looking for 2bdrm units, in purpose built rental buildings. Basically we want something old enough for rent control, no mom and pop landlords/foreign investors trying to N12 us because the interest rates went up or pretending to be confused when the pumping breaks and we expect them to quicky repair it and such.
Me and my spouse have some rather 'spacious' hobbies, both having desktop computers, I also have some retro computers, we collect nerd stuff that need shelves, there's hockey gear to store, so 1070 square feet sounds amazing. I have noticed that this area seems to have a lot of construction immediately around it, both a shopping plaza demolished (And I'd assume a newer one or some other building to replace it) and the O Train construction next to that. (The O Train was just 5 stops when I was last in Ottawa) Is it just the noise or is there something else I should be aware of?

Are there any local sites/resources (MoCo specifically) that list housing rentals in the area?

Hey all, I’m a new transfer coming in the next school year and am currently looking for housing. One place that caught my eye was College View; it’s right on campus and within walking distance of the ARC and local metro, but it’s rental cost ($1,890/mo is the lowest) makes me concerned that not a lot of other students can afford it and I’ll instead be living with non-students. This isn’t terrible but not ideal.
So I guess I’m asking if anyone has heard anything about the place and whether it’s worth it to someone whose priority is the social experience of college? Thanks in advance!

Myself (18 F) and my best friend (19 F) moved in together at the beginning of our freshman year of college. With neither of us having any rental history or credit scores, my dad was kind enough to offer us the basement apartment of his house, free of rent, while we get jobs and get on our feet this first year. I immediately found a job, wanting to save up to have some spending money for myself and the future so I could begin to contribute to paying bills if I needed to or if I were to want to move out. My roommate, however, is still unemployed after a year of living together. Whenever we go out, she always says she doesn't have any money on her, so most times, I am the one paying. Sometimes she does pay me back, but I used to shrug it off when she wouldn't because she didn't have a job and times are tough so I wasn't going to insist on her paying me back if she didn't have the money to. However, I began to see things on her social media, like her going on shopping sprees with some of her other friends at the mall. It's happened a lot of other times; she'll mention how she doesn't have money to buy things or go out, but then I catch her doing things like splurging at Ulta (some of you know how expensive things are there) and even buying herself 2 different coach bags. This has made me feel as though she's been taking advantage of me, but I feel like I'm also just being dramatic. We have even talked about moving out and getting our place in the past, but I just don't see that happening any time soon if she still doesn't have a job and wouldn't be able to contribute. About five months into us living together, I began to notice some habits of my roommate that I didn't like, like leaving all her things all over the house and not cleaning up after herself. I'll admit, I'm not perfect either, but she also began to have people over without even giving me a heads up and not bothering to clean up afterward, which has made me uncomfortable at times. Both my dad and I have asthma, and my dad also suffers from chronic bronchitis. My roommate already knows this, but she still has had friends come over to the house where I have found them all smoking weed in the living room/ kitchen (which is a shared space.). I have been giving her the benefit of the doubt because we have been friends since we were 6, but the fact that she was smoking in a shared space and stinking up the house when she knew both my dad and I had breathing issues annoyed me. The next day, she acted like nothing happened, and we haven't been able to properly address it. I love her; she is one of my oldest friends. But I don't know how to properly address these things with her. She is a very emotional person who gets annoyed and offended easily, so I would hate to come across as rude or judgemental for her choices. I don't care if she decides to smoke weed or party, but I would appreciate it if she would at least not smoke in shared spaces due to my dad and I's health issues. And, I know times are tough when it comes to job hunting, I am also struggling in looking for a second job, but I would appreciate it if she would contribute more when we hang out, or at least not lie about not having money. All of this has been eating away at me for a while. I feel like I'm being over dramatic about all this, so I would really appreciate any advice anyone may have to offer!

There's a lot going on in state legislatures right now. I very much recommend keeping up with what's happening in your state because there are just a few of the hundreds of pieces of legislation on the table in the US right now. A handful of them are good things.
Pay special attention to the ones that have passed.
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Rhode Island - Introduced
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https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText24/HouseText24/H7832.pdf
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Allows the sexual offender board of review to use, in addition to applicable validated risk assessment tools, a structured professional judgment approach to determine the level of risk a registered sex offender poses to the community.
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Rhode Island - Introduced
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https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText24/HouseText24/H8129.pdf
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Includes visual images that are created or manipulated by digitization, or without the consent of the person, within the purview of the crime of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material and expands jurisdiction of the crime.
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Rhode Island - Introduced
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https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText24/SenateText24/S2826.pdf
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Allows the sexual offender board of review to use, in addition to applicable validated risk assessment tools, a structured professional judgment approach to determine the level of risk a registered sex offender poses to the community.
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New Hampshire (bill is projected to pass)
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https://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1571&txtFormat=html
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Prohibits registered sex offenders from employment at businesses providing direct services to minors or direct supervision or oversight of minors.
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Alabama - ENACTED
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https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdfdocs/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB127-int.pdf
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Makes it a class C Felony to tamper with GPS/Electronic Monitor
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Michigan - Proposed
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https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2024-SIB-0843.htm
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Makes having sex with a dead body a registerable offense
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Ohio - Passed
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https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_135/bills/hb161/IN/00/hb161_00_IN?format=pdf
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Amends sections 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, and 2945.42 of the Revised Code to eliminate the spousal exceptions for the offenses of rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, and importuning and to permit a person to testify against the person's spouse in a prosecution for any of those offenses.
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Alabama - ENACTED
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https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdfdocs/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB168-int.pdf
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Raises max age (was 17, now is 18) for offenses involving obscene materials with depictions of children, authorizes punitive damages for victims of those offenses, and directs Board of Ed. to require policies related to those offenses
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Illinois - Proposed
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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5541.htm
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Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that moneys in the Offender Registration Fund shall be allocated pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act (rather than just the Sex Offender Registration Act). Provides that the verification letters may be sent electronically. Clarifies that the registration information must include a photograph of the sex offender which shall be updated at each registration rather than annually. Makes technical changes.
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Illinois - Proposed
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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB1390.htm
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Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for a felony offense that requires registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act.
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Illinois - Proposed
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*There's a LOT to this one. Recommend reading it if you live there.
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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB4623.htm
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Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the depiction of a part of an actual child under 18 who by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in sexual activity. Creates the offenses of obscene depiction of a purported child and non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions. Defines offenses and provides criminal penalties for violations. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides for the forfeiture to the State: (1) of any profits or proceeds and any property the person has acquired or maintained in violation of those offenses; (2) any interest in, securities of, claim against, or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over any enterprise that the person has established, operated, controlled, or conducted in violation of those offenses; and (3) any computer that contains an obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that under certain conditions, the parent or legal guardian of a child who is the victim of obscene depiction of a purported child may make a victim's impact statement on the impact which the defendant's criminal conduct or the juvenile's delinquent conduct has had upon the child. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides for enhanced penalties for specified violations of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides that the court shall impose a consecutive sentence when the defendant is convicted of specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act to provide that a person convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child must register as a sex offender.
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Illinois - Proposed
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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2158&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
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This actually lowers the distance on residence restrictions.
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Provides that it is unlawful for a child sex offender with the duty to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act to knowingly reside within 250 (rather than 500) feet of a school building or the real property comprising any school that persons under the age of 18 attend, a playground, child care institution, day care center, part day child care facility, (deletes day care home and group day care home) or a facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of age. Provides that the provisions do not apply if the property was established as the child sex offender's current address of registration prior to the date that entity was opened, or if the entity must obtain a license in order to provide programs or services, the date that the license was issued. Amends the Arsonist Registration Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Provides that if the registrant is an indigent person, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall (rather than may) waive the registration fee. Lowers various penalties from felonies to misdemeanors for violations of these Acts. Reduces the registration period under the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act from 10 years to 5 years. Defines in the various Acts "indigent person" and "poverty guidelines". Provides that the amendatory changes apply retroactively. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois - Introduced
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https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB2279.htm
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Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In the statutes prohibiting child sex offenders and sexual predators from being present or loitering in public parks, provides that "public park" includes an indoor or outdoor facility, building, or sports field used for recreational purposes under the jurisdiction of the State or a unit of local government.
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New York - Proposed
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https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01972&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01972
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Allows a district attorney to file a petition to seek the imposition of residency restrictions for certain sex offenders; allows a sex offender subject to a residency restriction to petition the court which imposed such restriction for an order terminating or modifying such residency restriction.
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New York - Introduced
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https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09953&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A09953
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Prohibits level 2 and 3 sex offenders from residing within 1,500 feet of their victim or school grounds; prohibits such offenders from attending or participating in school sponsored activities
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Mississippi - Passed - waiting on Governor to sign
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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2448IN.htm
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Eliminates possibility of parole for SO's over 19 years of age
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New York - Introduced
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https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03002&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S03002
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Requires nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders register when temporarily residing within the state; requires short-term rental hosts and short-term rental hosting platforms inform nearby property owners when nonresident visitor sex offenders and registered sex offenders are staying in the unit.
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New Jersey - Introduced
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https://pub.njleg.gov/Bills/2024/A3000/2572_I1.HTM
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Prohibits sex offenders from distributing candy or other items to children on Halloween.
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South Dakota - PASSED & ENACTED
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https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/257768.pdf
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Changes eligibility for Tier 1 offender to apply for removal from 5 years to 10 years
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Indiana - Proposed
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https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0151/SB0151.01.INTR.pdf
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Allows the prosecution of Level 3 felony rape and child molesting offenses to be commenced at any time. (No more statute of limitations)
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Indiana - Introduced
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https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1307/HB1307.01.INTR.pdf
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Specifies that a person required to register as a sex offender in another jurisdiction who moves to Indiana is required to register for life in Indiana. Prohibits a serious sex offender from entering a public park while a child is present, makes a violation a Class A misdemeanor, and increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony for a subsequent offense.
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Lousiana - Proposed
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https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1352820
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Provides for surgical castration of persons convicted of certain crimes when the victim is under the age of thirteen.
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Utah - PASSED/SIGNED takes effect 5/1/2024
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If you live in Utah you really need to read this one, it adds a LOT of information to the public registry website.
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https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/sbillint/SB0011.pdf
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Oklahoma - Introduced
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http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB1890%20INT.PDF
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Forbids anyone ever convicted of a SO from having any contact with anyone under 18, including their own children, unless their records have been expunged. It makes registration for some crimes that were not previously registerable retroactive to 2020. Makes the court unable to allow someone convicted of a SO to forgo registration
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Washington - Introducted
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https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2178.pdf
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Creates a pathway off of lifetime probation for SO's
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My wife and I have rented a house from a private landlord for 8 years. No issues and everything has been great on both ends. The last of our 3 kids is graduating and we plan to downsize and for the short term get into an apartment. My question is in regard to rental history and credit. Since this was a private rental agreement, are we screwed as far as rental history and credit goes? Is there anyrhing the landlord can do?

Hi everyone,
I know from the title it seems obvious which rental to go for, but here's my dilemma explained:
I am viewing 2 bedroom houses for 2 people in the same area in Nottingham and have shortlisted two places.
Option A:
Rent = 795
Council Tax = 170 (Band A, divided by 10)
Bills EXCLUDED, estimating = 250 (EPC Rating E)
Total = 1215 OR 610 per person
Option B:
Rent = 1170
Council Tax = 197 (Band B, divided by 10)
Bills INCLUDED
Total = 1367 OR 685 per person
The difference between the rent per person per month is not that much when we consider bills. My question is, will there be a time where the bills per month will go significantly higher making Option A more expensive than Option B? Or will they both generally remain the same in terms of cost per month and should I just go for the house that I like better?

Writing the following as objectively as possible:
My dad and I are in a terrible dispute, we haven't spoken in 6 years because of the following issue:
He bought a house with his pension funds and placed the house solemnly on my name. Told me to sign the offer to purchase. He said: "I love you my son. In this way I'm avoiding gift tax, and I trust you will share this house with your sister one day".
We both then lived in this house together, with my dad still in 'authority' regarding paying the bills etc. I was not expected to pay rent or anything like that. At this point my dad has been clean of drug use for three years when we moved in.
My dad then got cheated in a business deal, felt depressed and fell back into his drug habits. He started smoking crystal meth. This is after we've stayed in the house for about a year.
It became an evil nightmare in the house to put it lightly. I myself was not partaking in drug use. Had to often take him to the hospital/ psyc ward. The police was often on the scene, etc. At one point while he was mad on drugs, he shouted "You no longer deserve this house! You will transfer it back to me! It's the least you can do, is give me that respect!
Eventually after more than a year of hell, he was sent against his will to a strict rehab program, for a year.
While he was in rehab, the bank phoned me and said that he is blacklisted, has a huge overdraft and was behind on credit cards.
I had to make a plan for income. I got agents to start advertising the property for rent income. Some of the furniture was damaged, some still in good condition. The agent advised that it will be easier to get tenants if the house is unfurnished, rather than the state it is in now.
I was still traumatized and too scared to contact my dad. I proceeded to sell some of his furniture without his permission, to clear the house. I could then buy paint and other materials needed to fix up the house. I also had to remove a wall that was causing the garage to be unusable. I also moved out and rented a room/ bachelor flat.
I finally got tenants for rent income at the house, and started paying off my dad's debt with the banks. The rates and taxes were also in major arrears. This process of sorting out the house and getting tenants took long, a few months, as I was also working 6 days a week at my key cutting job.
I was also struggling financially and sometimes had to resort to use some of the rent income to survive. Also due to that I now also had my own rent to pay. I am 23 at this point.
My dad phoned me from rehab and started accusing me of theft. Stealing his furniture etc. He continued to be aggressive and insulting towards me, which made me wonder if rehab had actually worked because he is still the same angry person, which isn't the character he was before drug use.
I have since kept the house rented out, and payed him a monthly salary which is about 60% of the rental income. About 20% for maintenance, agent commission, and taxes. And then 20% for personal use as I've been struggling often to remain independent, even though I'm working hard everyday. My dad has no more debt, due to the rental income.
So the house which is legally 100% mine, helps me survive financially and keeps things stable as to my dad having a monthly income.
My dad still accuses me of theft and that keeping some of the rent is theft. Also that we can never have a relationship again if I don't transfer the property back to him. He insists it is his property as he is the one who bought it.
Please help me. What does God think of me? Am I doing the right thing? Must I give my dad the property back? He's been clean 3-4 years now, but what if he uses drugs again? If I use some of the rent, am I stealing from him? Whose house is it?

I’m looking for some thoughts as I’m in a very strange edge case and don’t know what legal ground to stand on. I’m currently seeking more official aid but have a very tight deadline and though I might find some assistance deciding at least what direction to row here.
Current situation: - I live in a shared house with 4 others - We each pay and rent rooms separately - We don’t have a proper formal lease agreement, things were done pretty loose - however, I have been renting for 14 months and have the recites that say as much. - also, we technically sublet as we pay someone who rents the whole house but lives elsewhere (Texas). (They are Canadian but moved after starting to rent the house so they sublet the rooms)
The issue: - received an email asking for us to evict for personal use - email is not an N12 form - email gives us 30 days not 60 - email offers no 1 month compensation
The wrinkle:
Normally I would just stand and fight it however 3 of the roommates were already leaving so the landlord is planning to move into the vacant rooms. If I understand correctly this would make me a “roommate” as we would share a kitchen which then means I loose all LTB backing and can get kicked out officially.
I’m just trying to decide how screwed I am and if I should be looking for a new rental or if I can stay and push back.