THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2007
APARTMENT GUIDE 2
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Anna Faltermieer/KANSAN
- Using the locks installed on doors is a smart way to protect yourself from anyone that may want to try and break into your apartment.
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they are from and take care of it. But I am never going to open my door late at night," she said.
It also does not help that her door does not lock properly.
"We told them about it in August. There is a crack in it, and the whole frame needs to be taken out, but all they have done is quick, easy repairs that really do not
solve the problem," she said.
Mallua said that she feels safer now than she did before, but at first when the door was not locking properly, she definitely felt more secure in her parents' home.
More information can be found in the The Kansas Landlord Tenant Act http://www.kshousingcorp.org/display/files/htccman_14_krlta.pdf
Mallula is not the only person who has
had various problems with her landlord. Complaints like hers caused the Kansas Housing Resources Cooperation to create the Kansas Landlord Tenant Act. However, as demonstrated through Kate Mallula, it
is important for tenants to realize that the Act was not created solely to provide tenants protection against landlord negligence but also to protect landlords from lawsuits.
For instance, the Act allows companies like First Management to place clauses in their leases like "The lessee agrees to look solely to the public police for security protection." Therefore, First Management is not obligated to respond to Mallula's
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