I am a small landlord with two units and I work full-time. I renovated and rented a unit to Keiffer K. Antoine who came from the shelter with a CityFheps voucher. He is the first tenant in this unit and it has been a stressful experience.

From the beginning of the tenancy he was a problem with issues such as smoking weed, having mail sent from Shanna Bullock so she can try and establish squatter's rights, extensive water usage, washing clothes inside the unit, etc. The no smoking policy was clearly communicated due to an active health condition with one of my children. This communication was included in the ad, verbally when he came with his realtor to view the unit and in the lease. All other issues were also on communicated verbally and in the lease.

He paid his rent on time for the first two months. Before the third month came, he requested I write him a letter stating he was two months behind on his rent. I told him, I was not able to do this because he did not have any arrears and it would be illegal for me to provide a letter. The third month, he was late ten days. I gave him a break on the late fee. Month four wasn't paid until the middle of month five. He did not pay rent after that payment was received. He delayed over a month before responding to my inquiry regarding the rent. He claimed his benefits were canceled and he decreased his work hours in order to requalify and was reprimanded by his job. He goes to work five days a week for over eight hours and still refuses to pay his portion of the rent. Instead, he uses the money to smoke weed, buy food and other items. I provided him with a non-renewal notice and he got upset that he received this notice. I can't afford to take care of him while he is clearly working full time.

I write this so all small and first time landlords could avoid him and Shanna who use the system to get over on hard working people like myself.