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Maintaining Housing: Common Landlord-Tenant Issues and Roommate Solutions

Presented by Our Place Peel, this agenda covers common landlord-tenant issues, ways to avoid conflicts with landlords and roommates, and tips for dealing with roommate issues. It emphasizes communication, setting boundaries, and fostering positive relationships to maintain a fair household environment. Attendees are encouraged to seek support for life skills related to housing maintenance.

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Maintaining Housing: Common Landlord-Tenant Issues and Roommate Solutions

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  1. MAINTAINING HOUSING Presented by Our Place Peel

  2. agenda • Common Landlord-Tenant Issues • How to avoid Landlord conflict • Issues with Roommates • Helpful Handouts

  3. Discussion! What do you think are the most common complaints that Landlords have about tenants?

  4. COMMON LANDORD ISSUES – Rent not being paid on time or at all – Smoking inside the house – Lack of cleanliness – Too many guests/overnight guest

  5. AVOIDING CONFLICT PROBLEM POSSIBLE REASON SOLUTION Rent not being paid on time, or at all. - - - Issues with OW Budgeting Payment inconvenience - Budgeting (immediately putting money aside for rent) If on OW, ask worker to set up direct pay Set up E-Transfer for easy payments - - Smoking inside house - - - Weather Sickness Not knowing rules Ask landlord for designated smoking area Lack of cleanliness - - - Lack of life skills Roommates mess Many reasons! - - Create a cleaning schedule Reach out for assistance Too many/overnight guests - - Avoiding isolation Socializing - - Become clear about rules Find alternative places to hang out

  6. DISCUSSION What kind of issues come up with roommates?

  7. Common Issues with Roommates – Not cleaning up – Taking things that aren’t theirs (food, personal items) – Attitude (personality clashes) – Having guests over – Not contributing enough – Irresponsible

  8. Many of these issues can be solved with:

  9. Communication with difficult roommates: – Talk about small issues before they turn into big issues – Do your best to be up front in a respectful, non-aggressive way – Come up with a fair plan for cleaning, shopping, etc. – Be open to negotiation – Be ready for a roommate to have the same type of conversations with you – Work together!

  10. Other tips for dealing with roommates: – If you are able to choose your roommate, be careful with who you pick – Ensure that you are choosing a reliable, responsible roommate that you trust – Sometimes picking someone that you know too well will result in a strain on your relationship with them – If you have the choice, the less roommates the better! – Make sure that when you go to a viewing for a room rental, ask if your door locks – Write your name on all of the things that you don’t want to be touched

  11. Discussion Can anyone else think of any helpful tips for dealing with landlords or roommates?

  12. Handout – Feedback – Since this workshop has been all about common issues and how to avoid them to maintain housing, please see this next survey – We’ve been discussing what it takes to maintain housing and a fair household with roommates and your landlord, but sometimes you may not know how to execute these instructions – Please check out all of the following life skills and circle whatever you’d like to gain more support with in programming, and we will submit to resource worker – Anonymous, but if you’d like to write your name you can if you’d like individualized support!

  13. Thank you for attending! Any questions?

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