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Tips for Tenants: When must I allow my landlord to enter my home?
Ohio law requires landlords to give tenants reasonable notice of all permissible entries, including those by code inspectors.
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Tips for Tenants: How do I get my security deposit back?
A landlord must return your full deposit within 30 days after your lease ends, you turn in your keys, and you give your forwarding address.
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Tips for Tenants: What do I do if I get a three-day notice to leave and my landlord is threatening to lock me out?
A landlord can’t threaten to kick you out, change your locks, shut off your utilities, or set your property out to try to get you to move.
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Tips for Tenants: What do I do if my landlord won’t make repairs I have requested?
First, do NOT withhold your rent. Instead, you will need to start the legal process known as “rent escrow.” Here’s what to do.
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Chauncey establishes protections for LGBTQ+ residents, low income renters
The ordinance’s passage followed months of debate.
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Chauncey council considers tenants’ rights proposals
Council member Evelyn Nagy plans to bring two proposals that would enhance tenant protections to the council in January.
