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Question: I'm 63 and pay rent and have a lease in a senior apartment. The landlady is allowing the tenants next door have their non-senior daughter and 2 grandchildren live next door for free for a year and on top of all the chaos and noise from the kids and extra friends and family constantly coming and going this is not the senior living that the landlady advertised when i signed a lease. and to make matters even worse the woman with the 2 kids is a convicted thief . allow the tenants have open mailboxes which makes it extra stress. i try talking to the landlady for a yr. and im being ignored. help!

Answer: If a tenant believes that the landlord is breaching the landlord’s obligations under the terms of the rental agreement, then the tenant is encouraged to notify the landlord in writing, describing the problem in detail and requesting that the problem be fixed as soon as possible. If the landlord’s breach of the landlord’s obligations under the terms of the rental agreement is a “material” (significant) one, then the tenant has several options, depending on whether the tenant would like to continue to live in the dwelling or to move out (A.R.S. 33-1361). If you would like to speak with an attorney about your specific situation, there are links to free and low-cost legal services on this website.