An Email To My Landlord

Mr. X,
As I've tried to make clear, I have no intention of getting involved in your dispute with Y. I see this as none of my affair. I am, however, disturbed at the violent and frankly unusual behavior you exhibited yesterday. I am concerned that the police threatened to arrest you for unnecessary 911 calls.

I have, obviously, begun considering discontinuing my stay at your residence, given what I see as highly unusual and highly unnecessary behavior on your part. I am deeply disturbed by your actions. I have never seen a landlord lay hands on a tenant.

It is in never appropriate for you to lay hands on a resident.

If you wanted to keep Y from taking down the partition, you should have told him in writing that you somehow saw the partition (which he constructed??? which wasn't nailed into the wall???) as your property, and you would seek legal action should he remove it. LEGAL action, X, not physical actions.

YOU SHOULD NOT have involved the entire household in a potentially dangerous struggle. You did not need to physically confront Y. You did not need to push him. Please do not tell me you did this because you thought Y was "destroying your house." That was simply your excuse to act in an extremely childish manner. Even if you had some far-fetched legal reason to stop him, you should have taken the safety of MYSELF and the young woman Z into account. You should, frankly, have taken Y's safety into account, even if you dislike him. You did not. You made the WRONG decision.

You have consistently shown that you care more about YOURSELF and YOUR MONEY than you care about the safety and comfort of your residents. Per your below note, I would hope you understand that I am obviously more disturbed about "possible building code violations" than I am disturbed that Y is trying to get his deposit back. Again, I do not care if you and Y have monetary problems. YOUR MONETARY PROBLEMS ARE NOT MY CONCERN.

I have never been so disgusted with the actions of a landlord in my life. I feel like I am living in the house of a slum lord, and I am embarrassed to be there. It makes me look foolish and unprofessional to continue living in such circumstances. Everyone I know has told me to move out.

In conclusion, let me be clear, I am in no way worried about Y or any violence from him. Because of the way you have acted, I am worried about you.

P.S. - Please repair the awnings over the windows - they look horrible and the neighbors are commenting about them.