Landlord Breaking Multiple Laws?
Long story short, with 0 notice to 5 tenants, my landlord gave a house key to a stranger, who rented MY room because he assumed I had vacated…
For background: Last night, my roommate called me and said that someone unlocked the door with a key, and walked in claiming that they lived here and paid rent for May. They put a bunch of belongings into MY room that I paid for until the end of May. It was my surprise when I found a gun in my closet under my belongings! My lease is month to month and on April 15, I notified my landlord that May would be my last month renting and that I would be vacated by the 31st. I ended up moving to another place in late April, however, I still had to pay for May so I would hangout there on my lunch breaks and kept some nonessential belongings there for the time being. One of my roommates, there are 5 of us total, asked if I had been by the house that day as a lot of things were moved around, including things that were moved out of my room. The other roommates are out of town so they obviously could not have moved anything. When we told the landlord he admitted his mistake, however this random stranger has a key to our apartment and the landlord rented out my room that was already occupied. The landlord gave 0 notice to any of the 5 tenants. He also came inside the house many times with no written notice ever. I am expecting my full security deposit back, considering that he rented out my room to someone else who could have caused damages. I also expect compensation for May rent and invasion of privacy. What do I do?
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