Been at this Apt For 15 yrs The new landlord raising rent $275. Increase . Basically putting tenants on the street that can't afford the new rent And New owners dont have my security Deposit. Do i leave it go move out and keep last months rent? Or . Still go after my deposit

Well you have to pay last months rent in order to get deposit back. Depends on your lease. You could try and work it out with the new landlord, but your best option is to fulfill your part of the lease

After 15 years, I'm wondering how much is the deposit. I think you should focus on finding a new place. You might find that other apts are just as expensive.

Pay the rent you owe,
and then move out.

I agree with Robert about speaking with the new landlords. First I'd want to know why they "don't" have your security deposit. Have you signed a new lease with the new owners yet, if not you might want to wait.

There are legal advocates that can tell you all your legal options and rights, they can't give you advice unless they're a lawyer, but just having them look over the lease they can at least tell you if you have a substantial case where the rent increase and security deposit goes.

Also you might want to have them check the owners bill of sale. There might be a clause that says previous tenants are grandfathered in at the rent, therefore rent cannot be increased.

Without more info, it's really tough to say. Not sure if getting a lawyer is necessary since the point is to not go broke while searching for a new place to live... but definitely seeking legal counsel might help. Check the County's Legal Aid department, they are usually free or help for a very small fee.

Good luck!

You probably need to make arrangements to pay what you owe to the landlord give a notice to Move. I don't think a Lawyer. Can do anything about the Landlord increasing your rent, unless your lease is yearly and it is not up yet.

Most Lawyers are expensive. Who would pay for that ?

Here landlords can increase the rest as much as they want. If it's an increase over a certain amount, a 30 day notice is required.

Some cities have departments that mediate landlord tenet disputes. You might try looking at your cities web site, or googling it.

A lawyer will do you no good.

I rented a house I have. Full standard lease. the tenants skipped out with 3 months remaining and left the house in shambles. I contacted them ( finally tracked them down) an demanded my money. no good. I then went to 2 different lawyers. Both said my case was iron clad. which it was.

Problem was that tenants owed me $3,000 and the lawyers would charge me $2,800 to get my $3,000 back... so basically I got screwed out of $3,000

Pay what you owe and move on. But raising a rent that amount without ample notice is not a good business tactic. I wound never do that.