Saturday, August 6, 2011

Can I break my lease if my landlord give my personal information to strangers?

I am on Section 8 or HUD. I have not lived in the house I'm renting fo a whole month yet. I have not spoken to my neighbors besides and occasional hi here and there. Now I am having problems with my neighbors, who's names I don't even know, and it's because my landlord has been so kind as to give my personal information to these strangers. I don't want everyone in the neighborhood to know that I am on Section 8 and basically know my business. I am a very private person. When I first got started with Section 8, I knew their was a privacy thing that if I don't want someone to know they don't need to know. I told my landlord of course and that is it. So if anyone in the neighborhood know it's because my landlords have opened their mouths and told them. It's to the point that the landlord denied it and after insisting they gave my information to these stranger they finally admitted to have said something to someone. Right, I knew it all along. Now my issue is not only people knowing I'm on Section 8 but these people have fuel to start their fires. I have two small kids and due with my third next month. I am in no position to get into confrontations with anybody. So because my landlord have volunteered my personal info to these people who already weren't happy to have me in the neighborhood I am now having to deal with problems at my home. I had a woman screaming and cursing at me from across the street because my landlord has giving her the information she needed to get mad with me. I don't know this lady and to have her cursing at me and screaming while my kids are inside my home is completely uncalled for. I would have never had any problems with any neighbor if it wasn't for my landlord. He has made it so that I am uncomfortable in my own home. I already felt like an outsider because the area is all whites and I am of color but now I feel like all eyes are on me every time I leave my front door. I feel like everyone doesn't want me here and I would have never known for a fact that this is the case until now. By him talking to her about me it's like he is condoning the fact that I am different and do not belong in this all white neighborhood. That woman would have never felt comfortable enough to scream and curse at me if he didn't talk to her about me. I check the web and found that in the Tenant Privacy Rights a landlord can not give out personal information about a tenant to strangers unless a bank, creditor or other landlord. She most certainly isn't those. She's just a noisy neighbor who has nothing better to do than stay in her old fashion lifestyle. So after giving you all this information about how my landlord single handily ruined any chance of me making a life here with my kids, I need to know what actions can I take. I need serious answers only. I need to try to get out of this lease and away from all of this negativity. I haven't even been here a whole month I don't know how I can do a whole year with all of this hate. And it's not like I have the person that invited me to the neighborhood(my landlord) on my side. He's creating all the problem and sitting back like I don't know what you're talking about. I am scared of any hate crimes that might occur. I am pregnant I cannot defend myself. How do I get out. Simple as that.

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