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I live in an apt. they raised my rent $125.00 per month . At my last lease signing they told me that everyone's rent in the whole complex was going to be raised. Later now I have learned that most people that I know here received a $5 to $10 rent increase....while I am paying $125.00 more.

My help question is...Does anyone know if I have any legal recourse concerning this?

This is crazy that I am paying all of this extra money...My adult daughter and her children came to live with us only after they raised our rent. We live in a normal apt., not section 8, reduced or anything. They said that it was because they had to raise the rent to match the market value of other apts. in the area...however, it seems I was the only one suckered into the increase. They presented me with this only 30 days to the end of my lease....and we where being pressured by the management to sign our new lease or give notice too move. Most days I feel like crying..we cant afford this increase...and apparently we are the only ones paying it.

I am a 60 year old grandmother in Texas. Recently my disabled daughter and her two young sons (ages 5 months & 5 years) moved back home with my Husband and I, running away from an abusive marriage. My husband and I live on a fixed income set by social security. The return of my Adult daughter and her children have placed a great financial burden upon our living situation. My Husband and I have fallen a month behind on our rent and utility bills. As we are constantly now paying our rent late, we are paying even more money than our monthly rent due to exuberant late fees. We are facing the disconnection of all of our utility services. We have investigated local resources for help, but funding has been very strapped due to so many people also needing help.

If my Husband and I could just get caught up current on our rent and bills, This would be a miracle. I have taken a part time job caring for an elderly woman in her daughters home, but I myself am disabled with torn rotary cuffs in both of my shoulders, and some days feel as though I could use some one to care for me..lol...even with the extra income we are not able too make any headway.

We have always provided for ourselves, even while raising 5 children. Now in our senior years we find ourselves needing help, and our adult children choose to not help us, or really cant help us as they say. If there is a miracle out there for us, a months worth of help would be a blessing that we would never forget.