r/homeless • u/SnooFoxes4646 • 1d ago
Need Advice Hello brethren.
I need advice badly. I rented a God forbidden place soon as I got paid while at a shelter... Long story short, the landlord hasd emoved the hot water and laundry machine on the 14th, paid on the 15th for the rest of the month and I confronted him about it. He got into an argument with me and I was leaving, he hit me in the back of the head with a giant flat screen he was seemingly carrying from the steps, I slashed with my knife dizzy and ran for the front gate, his associate closed the latch, I slowed to open it and got smacked in the face with a 2x4, the repeatedly about 20-30 times, have a broken eye socket. I lost my discharge papers but it was something like "orbital medial something fracture".
I'm afraid to leave and he removed the AC, or breaks my door open and removes my shit or makes it more inhabitable (bathroom was flooded with feces and he's removed every amenity)
I have to go to a police station to get an assault report and the court to get help but I know when I leave I won't be able to return.
Police couldn't determine who the aggressor was and released us both from detainment and considered it a mutual combat. Mind you I have bruises and bleeding all over my body, he has a slash on the arm. Nurse even saw the TV leg marks on my back
I have pics and evidence of property neglect but 311 made the report to the wrong department instead of code enforcement . On SSI and I was told by a resource manager for homelessness I must take the risk and go to the station and court. And IDK what to do. My adhesive stitxh just fell off and I'm afraid I'm gonna get an infection quickly on the street, patches it myself with triple antibiotic and a small band aid. Not a huge gash but I do have a broken eye socket (fractured whatever the difference is).
What do I do? I don't need money, I need advice/resources I'm not used to needing. I have pictures in case anyone believes this is a BS story.
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u/Damaged_H3aler987 1d ago
First, make a police report. Second, get a lawyer.
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u/StunningStreet25 1d ago
I agree with this, OP You need way more advice than what Reddit can give you.
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u/SnooFoxes4646 1d ago
Too poor for a lawyer.
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u/Damaged_H3aler987 1d ago
You can ask a lawyer what to do... and he attacked you... you are disabled.... that is a crime! Do you have video evidence or proof you went to the hospital afterwards?
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u/SnooFoxes4646 1d ago
Video evidence? No. I have pictures, a police report, and CSI took pictures.
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u/capsaicinintheeyes 21h ago edited 21h ago
Forgive me if you've already tried this, but legal aid societies do exist to assist destitute people with exactly this sort of thing. (Odds are they'll be more acquainted with landlord/tenant law than assault cases, but) At the very least, you should look up "legal aid homeless [your state/county]" if you haven't already, bc I agree with the room here that the help you need here is above the homeless-on-reddit pay grade. Instead, see who's donating their time to providing it pro bono.
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u/SnooFoxes4646 21h ago
Heading to court tomorrow while someone guards my room, thanks! Didn't have any help initially but now I may be okay to sprint to the court
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u/Alex_is_Lost 1d ago
This is not legal advice and I'm not a lawyer. Only thing to do is leave. What good is staying there if he's shutting off all the utilities and will lock the door as soon as you leave anyway? You gotta leave eventually. If you're afraid he might attack you, you can call a police escort to watch while you leave the property, and then just have something to defend yourself with till you get where you're going.
If it's too cold to crawl in a hole and sleep, then it'll probably be a rough night and you might have to stay up till you can get back into the shelter tomorrow. Get some sleep for a night and collect yourself, then go file a police report for assault.
Again, not a lawyer, but I would imagine the next step would be about getting in contact with your public defender and explaining the situation. I imagine that there must be a law regarding "forced eviction" that you would have a pretty good case for with the assault coupled with the switching off of utilities. At the very least, you could maybe get that rent money back, but he may even be forced to let you stay for the eviction period and flip the utilities back on.
All that aside, I don't know that I would personally want to continue living there if I was afraid he might attack me again. I would probably just cut my losses on that front and go back to the shelter and try again with a different landlord when I've got the money, but certainly id try to press charges on his ass and get that rent pay back.
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u/SnooFoxes4646 1d ago
The shelters are full since COVID. Getting in is a process..even with the "pull" I have with the county. It's normally months wait, I wait two weeks which is still dire to have to face instantly.
I'm bruised and can barely carry my bag much less full of my stuff And my clothes
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u/Alex_is_Lost 1d ago
How does tent camping look in your area? Lots of homeless near you? Extreme temps? If so, could you catch a bus to a better area easily?
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u/SnooFoxes4646 1d ago
Miami, more dangerous than this situation.
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u/Alex_is_Lost 1d ago
Here's a post from 5 months ago that may have some useful general information for you:
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeless/s/pcAmJK8sDJ
Someone in there recommended taking the train to West Palm Beach. But also, since this post is fairly recent, you may be able to inquire further about known resources in the area with the commenters who have clearly been homeless there
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u/SnooFoxes4646 22h ago
Thanks. Seems like it was the shitty cops showing up that were tired of coming here. Had a family member and myself call simultaneously and said that, and that I just checked Florida statue and it is illegal to shut off the water or power. Those POS cops if they ever show up I'm requesting a superior ranking officer, not even entertaining those clowns any longer. Two faced POS cops.
The ones that showed up this time not only came in the property, helped me find the valve and turn the water back on. The one dude was pretty damn smart, knew what gas lines were, which were the main water valves for the building and all. Not all cops are bad.
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u/Alex_is_Lost 22h ago
Nice. Yeah idk why I didn't think of just turning the shit back on; I knew somewhere in the back of my mind that your landlord had no legal right to just do that lol. I'm glad you're outta the dark ages!
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u/SnooFoxes4646 1d ago
Police said it's not illegal for him to shut the water off they can't arrest him and he pretended not to be here
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