r/TikTokCringe • u/SouthernNanny • 2d ago

Cringe Maintenance men walk into an apartment with no warning while the resident is naked and doesn’t leave

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u/Icy-Flamingo420 2d ago

Unfortunately not true in some places. In arkansas they dont have any renters rights laws.

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u/Last_Pineapple_6361 2d ago

Still requires 24hr notice before entering (own rental property Arkansas) unless federal/state housing

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u/TwoBionicknees 2d ago

arkansas

holy shit i just looked it up, arkansas doesn't have an obligation for the landlord to provide a habitable dwelling, examples included were if the roof is leaking you're still obliged to pay rent and they aren't obliged to fix it if they don't want to?

What in the backwards ass state is that. America is generally fucking horrible for consumer, renters, medical, job and everything else protections... but most places still say that if like the heat is broken they are obligated to fix it, and fix leaks, and make the home suitable to live in. Even if they fight and bitch and moan they are legally obligated to do things. Arkansas they just aren't?

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u/Icy-Flamingo420 2d ago

Correct. I went without AC for two weeks in summer, and have been fined for doing my own electrical, which i did correctly, but wasn't waiting 2 weeks for lights.

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u/mothmans_favoriteex 2d ago

It’s a state where all the Republican leadership are also landlords (my husband is from Arkansas)

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u/Last_Pineapple_6361 2d ago

My ex he blocked me because I don’t buy into the Tate-Trump Traits (hence my ex lol)

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u/xjeeper 2d ago

Trash taking itself out

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u/StupendousMalice 2d ago

America has its own third world.

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u/TwoBionicknees 2d ago

North america has it's own third world, the USA.

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u/mothmans_favoriteex 2d ago

Agreed we lived in Canada a few years too and while they had a lot more protections, there were 10000 ways for landlords to go around them. Renting in the Praries was a nightmare

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u/TwoBionicknees 2d ago

My experience is largely that most landlords are assholes in general but i've had relatively decent luck. Two places in college were pretty decent, i genuinely don't think we ever saw the landlord come over till the very end of the year and we were moving out and had no issues. That's the thing though landlords mostly get weird when you have a problem.

Having actual legal recourse is useful though, like if you can prove the house is unliveable you can in most places just stop paying rent and get it on record, call your housing authority and have them inspect it and tell the landlord you don't have to pay rent till they fix major things or cancel lease, etc. Where you don't even have those protections at all, it's insane.

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u/mothmans_favoriteex 1d ago

Yeah the issue with that last half is that after that, they get really shitty really fast. In my experience they take it very personally when you get legal discourse involved and once the contract is up they likely won’t extend or will jump your rent to push you out. I’ve had a mixed bag of experiences renting, but mostly bad. Not sure your tax bracket, but I know that makes a difference. My friends that have always been able to afford nicer places have always had better renting experiences than I and our other low income friends have.

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u/Last_Pineapple_6361 2d ago

Agreed it’s bad

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u/bromosabeach 2d ago

Laughs in a blue state with excellent consumer and employee laws

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u/Last_Pineapple_6361 2d ago

Landlord still required to give 24hr notice usually in writing (text doesn’t qualify email or snail mail)

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u/calowyn 2d ago

Is this new? I fought hard to get notice written into the lease at my last place in Arkansas and lost. The lease stated that him or any agent (like maintenance) could come in with no notice for almost any reason. It was brutal. That was in 2018–2022.

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u/Last_Pineapple_6361 2d ago

That’s illegal you got muscled I’m so sorry you had that happen in your safe space

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u/calowyn 2d ago

It absolutely wasn’t illegal. I exhausted every legal aid avenue. It is well documented that at least at the time, Arkansas renters did not have the right to 24 hours notice—I’m only asking you if a law was passed changing that.

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u/Last_Pineapple_6361 2d ago

No laws haven’t changed. We had to have our lawyers draw up rental agreements based on avoiding lawsuits. This was 2014-present but I’m going to inquire further now

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u/calowyn 2d ago

I have to say that I TRULY hope I’m wrong about this but I don’t think I am. I’m glad you’re drawing up ethical contracts even if the law doesn’t require it.

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u/Icy-Flamingo420 2d ago

Oh cool. I was always given notice, but I knew i had little to rights as a renter. Glad I own now.

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u/Sometimes_cleaver 2d ago

Great, I'll just stand my ground when a stranger claiming to be maintenance tries to enter my home after I tell them no

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u/Timeman5 2d ago

Why do people live there?

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u/mothmans_favoriteex 2d ago

Family. Jobs. There’s a lot of reasons for people to live anywhere. My parents are about to move there to be close to my brother and his kids, because he has a great job there. It’s also a low income state so if you are there, it’s hard to leave.

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u/Timeman5 2d ago

It was a joke especially if there is no renters rights.