“Maintenance requests went unanswered for weeks,” a former VineBrook tenant told NBC News. “At one point there was an infestation of bugs I had to remedy myself because they wouldn’t fix it. The shower broke, the heating was messed up. Only when I put my rent into escrow with the court and withheld payments, that’s when they came and remedied what was wrong.”

https://pestakeholder.org/news/vinebrook-homes-predatory-practices-harm-tenants-and-community/
#VinebrookHomes #landlords

“Many tenants find themselves unable to speak with anybody from VineBrook until they’re in eviction court or until someone from the buildings or health department come out and issue orders.”
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/i-team/legal-aid-files-to-join-city-lawsuit-against-vinebrook-homes
#VinebrookHomes #landlords

A Midwest Newsroom investigation uncovered neglect, aggressive evictions and rising rents where #VinebrookHomes moves in — mostly non-white neighborhoods.

https://www.kcur.org/housing-development-section/2023-05-10/vinebrook-homes-kansas-city-houses-landlord-tenants

#landlords

If it were up to me, the federal government would embark on a multi-year program to condemn the property of all the corporate landlords like #VinebrookHomes, and stand up local housing #cooperatives to run them.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/corporate-landlord-tactics-rcna48373

#landlords

How a corporate landlord’s tactics can turn into a costly nightmare for renters

#VineBrookHomes #Eviction #Cincinnati
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/corporate-landlord-tactics-rcna48373

'Easy to bully': A corporate landlord in Cincinnati is aggressive in trying to evict its lower-income tenants, critics say

#VineBrookHomes #tenants #eviction #legalaid #Cincinnati
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/corporate-landlord-tactics-rcna48373