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• Tip-offs to Home Repair Rip-offs

  Six red-flag phrases a con-artist contractor might use. Content Detail

  By:

  AARP

• Utility Shut-Offs

  A landlord may not interrupt a tenant?s utility services, including electricity, water, wastewater, or gas services, unless for bona fide repairs, construction or an emergency. This is true whether utility services are paid by you directly to the utility company or if they are furnished by the landlord through your tenancy. Read More

  By:

  Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

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  Spanish / Español

• Utility Shut-Offs by Utility Companies for Landlord Nonpayment

  If a utility company disconnects service or gives written notice that service is about to be cut off because a landlord who is supposed to furnish utilities has not paid the utility bill, then the landlord is liable to the tenant regardless of whether the unit is "all bills paid," submetered, or mastermetered. Read More

  By:

  Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español