Virginia
Another tenant is harassing myself and my family. I used to think this person was my friend and spent a lot of time with them. She is a police officer's wife and has gotten herself hired by the building owner as some sort of building manager or something. She began to tell me stories about how tenants she did not care for were lying about their jobs, or were racist, or were throwing garbage all over the building. I began to grow suspicious about how many people were "throwing garbage" or "racist" and I began to back away from our relationship. After a while a "position" opened for cleaning and maintenance at the building. My brother in law is a maintenance man and my husband told her this not realizing that I had begun to suspect she wasn't quite sane. I told her when she approached me about letting my brother in law know about the position that I would ask them about it, not actually intending to do so. (The owner is also an unreliable employer and the last maintenance people had no green cards. He gave them these jobs and then worked them like slaves because they couldn't say no. They finally left. When they did the position was open.) Knowing that the owner was not reliable I did not tell them, but my husband did. I told them that it was not a good idea, but they took the position in exchange for free rent.
Either the woman was offended by my lack of interest in our friendship or something I said along the way, but she began to complain about them to the owner. She harassed them at all hours of the night via text and put their personal phone number on flyers around the building as "maintenance" after they asked her not to. When they did not respond, she began throwing garbage and blaming them, telling others in the building that they were racists, and then even vandalizing the building (turned off sump pump for instance) and blaming. them. Eventually she even convinced some of the neighbors who are her friends that they should complain about racial matters involving them. Because my family is so diverse, and because I live in this building as well, I know that these things are not true with a certainty...plus they, of course, informed me that they were false.
I contacted the real estate company and REAL building manager about the problem and the very day that I did, the woman was outside of my door yelling for five minutes. (Remember, she is embroiled in the management of this building). I sent a complaint to the company, but I have no proof of what she did as I could not get my camera ready in time after I thought to record it. The company has also done nothing to remove her from the management or prevent her access to the keys). Since then, I have felt that my home and my animals are unsafe. I am fearful to leave my apartment unsupervised, but relieved when I am away from it. She has access to the room downstairs where all of our keys are and could very easily enter my apartment as she is involved with the management of the building. I believe she also goes into the vacant apartment above me and stomps on the floor, but I can't prove it. I go up there and knock sometimes, but, of course, no one answers. I've had to buy a security camera and am working on scheduling appointments with a psychologist. We cannot leave until our lease is up in November and wouldn't be able to afford to leave before that even if we could. She is also a police officer's wife who is very good at seeming sane unless you "cross her" I don't know what I can do and worry how far she might step when we move and I am no longer here to terrorize.
Is there anything I can do to prevent her from showing up at my new residence, in my new neighborhood, or those of my family with no proof of her activity? Is there anything I can do to prevent her from showing up at my social events? (I do things like salsa dance in a tight-knit community)
(Also, as far as taking legal action against the owner, his lawyer is supposedly so well-connected that it won't do any good)
Another tenant is harassing myself and my family. I used to think this person was my friend and spent a lot of time with them. She is a police officer's wife and has gotten herself hired by the building owner as some sort of building manager or something. She began to tell me stories about how tenants she did not care for were lying about their jobs, or were racist, or were throwing garbage all over the building. I began to grow suspicious about how many people were "throwing garbage" or "racist" and I began to back away from our relationship. After a while a "position" opened for cleaning and maintenance at the building. My brother in law is a maintenance man and my husband told her this not realizing that I had begun to suspect she wasn't quite sane. I told her when she approached me about letting my brother in law know about the position that I would ask them about it, not actually intending to do so. (The owner is also an unreliable employer and the last maintenance people had no green cards. He gave them these jobs and then worked them like slaves because they couldn't say no. They finally left. When they did the position was open.) Knowing that the owner was not reliable I did not tell them, but my husband did. I told them that it was not a good idea, but they took the position in exchange for free rent.
Either the woman was offended by my lack of interest in our friendship or something I said along the way, but she began to complain about them to the owner. She harassed them at all hours of the night via text and put their personal phone number on flyers around the building as "maintenance" after they asked her not to. When they did not respond, she began throwing garbage and blaming them, telling others in the building that they were racists, and then even vandalizing the building (turned off sump pump for instance) and blaming. them. Eventually she even convinced some of the neighbors who are her friends that they should complain about racial matters involving them. Because my family is so diverse, and because I live in this building as well, I know that these things are not true with a certainty...plus they, of course, informed me that they were false.
I contacted the real estate company and REAL building manager about the problem and the very day that I did, the woman was outside of my door yelling for five minutes. (Remember, she is embroiled in the management of this building). I sent a complaint to the company, but I have no proof of what she did as I could not get my camera ready in time after I thought to record it. The company has also done nothing to remove her from the management or prevent her access to the keys). Since then, I have felt that my home and my animals are unsafe. I am fearful to leave my apartment unsupervised, but relieved when I am away from it. She has access to the room downstairs where all of our keys are and could very easily enter my apartment as she is involved with the management of the building. I believe she also goes into the vacant apartment above me and stomps on the floor, but I can't prove it. I go up there and knock sometimes, but, of course, no one answers. I've had to buy a security camera and am working on scheduling appointments with a psychologist. We cannot leave until our lease is up in November and wouldn't be able to afford to leave before that even if we could. She is also a police officer's wife who is very good at seeming sane unless you "cross her" I don't know what I can do and worry how far she might step when we move and I am no longer here to terrorize.
Is there anything I can do to prevent her from showing up at my new residence, in my new neighborhood, or those of my family with no proof of her activity? Is there anything I can do to prevent her from showing up at my social events? (I do things like salsa dance in a tight-knit community)
(Also, as far as taking legal action against the owner, his lawyer is supposedly so well-connected that it won't do any good)
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