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To: Madison county officials

Justified non-payment

In Madison county Kentucky, you are not allowed to withhold rent due to disrepair. The slums lords at FERN PROPERTIES are evicting us due to non payment. The house would be condemned if inspected. We don't have anywhere to go. Because of my injury falling through the floor, I have been unable to work. My fiance has had to try to keep up with all of the bills on his income alone. We want to pay the rent until the end of July, which will give us time to start the injury case against them. We don't want to be here but we NEED to be here because we have absolutely no where else to go. Both of my fiances bio and foster mothers have passed away and we have no outside support. We have done many great things while in this neighborhood, including starting a community garden in our yard, hosting a seed planting day, and getting our yard registered as a wildlife reservation. We have put everything we have into this dilapidated house and now we are being forced out with no where to go. Please donate, even if it's just a dollar, or share this so that people know that renters have NO rights. FERN PROPERTIES has had many complaints about there predatory practices, but they have not suffered the consequences of their actions. I can only hope that I can help start a bill that PREVENTS landlords from victimizing those in need of shelter, ever again.

Why is this important?

Those in need are being victimized by the people that they trust to provide a livable home. Renters should be able to live in a home without the home causing them harm. This bill will force landlords to fix properties instead of evicting renters when they refuse to pay for derelict conditions.