#Security Deposit Legal Help

[luxuryroof]

Security Deposit Refund in 2025: Your Rights and Legal Options Explained

Ah, the security deposit — that tidy little sum we hand over when moving into a new rental home, full of dreams and Pinterest boards. Fast forward to moving out, and suddenly, retrieving it feels like winning a game show — minus the confetti. If you’re moving out in 2025 and wondering whether your security deposit will find its way back to your bank account (intact and on time), you're not alone.

Let’s break down everything you need to know about getting your security deposit refund in 2025, your rights as a tenant, landlord obligations, and what to do when things go sideways.

🔍 First, What is a Security Deposit?

A security deposit is a refundable amount paid to the landlord before moving in. Think of it as a financial “just-in-case” — it covers damage beyond normal wear and tear, unpaid rent, or broken clauses in the lease.

In India, this deposit typically ranges from 1 to 10 months’ rent, depending on the city and the landlord’s generosity (or lack thereof). Bengaluru, for instance, has seen reforms, limiting it to 2 months’ rent under the Karnataka Rent Control Act.

🧾 Your Legal Rights as a Tenant in 2025

Good news — 2025 hasn’t brought flying cars yet, but tenant rights have evolved! Thanks to Model Tenancy Act (MTA) recommendations, things are more tenant-friendly now.

Here’s what you’re entitled to:

✅ Full Refund Minus Legitimate Deductions

Landlords can deduct from your deposit only for:

Major damages (like that wine stain that became abstract art)

Unpaid rent

Unpaid utility bills (if it’s your responsibility)

Breach of lease terms

They cannot deduct for:

Minor wear and tear (faded paint, dusty fans, loose taps)

Personal grudges (yep, not legal)

🕰️ Refund Timelines in 2025

As per the Model Tenancy Act:

The landlord must refund the security deposit within 1 month of tenant vacating the premises.

If not refunded within this period, interest may apply, and you can take legal action.

🏠 How to Ensure a Smooth Refund Process

Here’s how to make your move-out drama-free (and deposit-friendly):

📸 1. Document Everything

Take pictures/videos of the house before moving in and while vacating. These are your visual receipts!

✍️ 2. Insist on a Written Agreement

Make sure your lease agreement clearly states:

Security deposit amount

Refund terms

Timeline for refund

Deductions (if any) spelled out

🧹 3. Leave the Place Clean

Give the apartment a decent clean-up. You don’t need to channel Marie Kondo, but returning a livable space matters.

🧾 4. Collect Bills & Receipts

Ensure your rent and utility bills are cleared. Share proof with your landlord.

😤 When the Landlord Refuses to Return Your Deposit

Unfortunately, not all landlords play fair. If you’ve done your part and still face the “I'll refund it soon” loop, here are your legal options:

🧑‍���️ 1. Serve a Legal Notice

Send a formal notice demanding your security deposit refund. Mention:

Agreement terms

Move-out date

Pending amount

Timeframe to settle

This usually nudges landlords to settle without going full courtroom drama.

📮 2. File a Complaint with the Rent Authority

Under the Model Tenancy Act, tenants can now file a complaint with the Rent Authority in their city — a faster, more streamlined solution compared to civil court.

⚖️ 3. Small Claims Court / Civil Court

If the amount is significant and your landlord remains defiant, you can file a civil suit. You may even be entitled to compensation for harassment or delay.

Pro Tip: If the deposit is under ₹1 lakh, Lok Adalats or consumer courts may be faster and cost-effective.

📈 Security Deposit Trends in 2025

Some interesting trends in major cities:

Bengaluru: Mostly capped at 2 months’ rent. Enforcement is getting stricter.

Mumbai & Delhi NCR: Still ranges between 3–6 months’ rent.

Gurgaon & Noida: New luxury projects are transparent — thanks to RERA enforcement.

Tenancy Apps: Platforms like Nestaway, NoBroker, and Stanza Living now offer zero-deposit or low-deposit options with clear refund policies.

📦 Moving Checklist for a Stress-Free Refund

✅ Give written notice before vacating (check lease terms).

📷 Click before/after photos.

💬 Schedule a walk-through with the landlord.

🧾 Pay off all dues and collect receipts.

✍️ Get a written acknowledgment of handover.

💰 Track your refund with follow-up emails or messages.

🛡️ Know These Tenant Rights in 2025

No arbitrary deductions allowed.

Refund must happen within 1 month (unless otherwise stated).

Tenants cannot be harassed for refusing deductions.

Interest may be payable for delayed refunds.

Legal aid is available for low-income tenants.

🧠 Final Thoughts: Don’t Let Your Deposit Disappear into the Void

Whether you’re leaving your first rental flat or a swanky luxury apartment in Gurgaon or Bangalore, your security deposit is your money — not a bonus tip for the landlord.

The rules are clearer in 2025, and so are your legal options. So go ahead, hand over the keys, take your Insta-worthy last selfie in the house, and get what’s rightfully yours — in full.

At Luxury Roof, we don’t just show you the best luxury properties; we also help you understand the nitty-gritty of living in them — from first rent to final refund.

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[passivetimber]

LOL it's like. never delude yourself into believing any company cares about you even if you're the highest earning store in the entire company that has broken every monthly goal for 9 straight months. they're Literally taking my health insurance away... been a part-time employee here for over a year and I received the highest annual review score out of everyone who works here including my managers and they are still taking this away from me. I guess it's always good to be reminded that corporations don't give a shit about me . it just is so shitty. they're now only giving us access to virtual-only care......... right. so if I'm bleeding out on the floor I should dial up my virtual doctor and have them walk me through surgery myself?? anyone who had a part in this should blow up and die I am not kidding.

[boysnberriespie]

Put up some pretty lights in the living room, and tbh just used hammer in hooks because we’re not getting that damn security deposit back 😭

[sumamitt]

me messaging the girl from bumble i havent spoken to in a month to give legal advice

[blackfemmejeanvaljean]

so last August I was nearly legally evicted from my home after I fell behind on bills after I missed work due to an illness. I had a dear friend offer me a room for a few months but we both agreed that it would temporary as my friend prefers to live alone in the last few months I finally finished my child development certificate and recieved a small pay raise which is great and will give me more financial security however my deadline to move out is coming up April 1st I have found a small apartment in a nice area (the current area I live in is quiet and safe but very car centric so it take over an hour to get to work or to get groceries and the buses on the line are frequently breaking down so I'm often without transportation or having to pay for expensive ubers) with what seems like a decent property manager but in order to get them to hold the apartment until the 15th of february. I wasn't legally evicted but my credit report still states that I went to housing court so it's very hard to get an apartment with that on my record so I don't want to lose this place but I can't afford the deposit on my own right so I'm once again asking for financial help I just want a stable place to live and I'm so close

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[re-lmayer]

i can't afford rent because of my abusive ex and desperately need help. if i don't pay, it will cause a domino effect where i'll be homeless, lose my emotional support animals, and eventually i can be sued and my paypal account seized. i'll also fail this college semester, which will mess up all my student grant funding and getting a degree

i'm disabled and was recently hospitalized for a nervous breakdown, and stress is making me sick. i've been diagnosed with an ulcer

there's a lot of ways to help me and my cats. you can commission me on kofi, donate directly via paypal, check out my crowdfunds on youpay, share my twitter and bluesky threads, and of course reblog this post. sharing is free!

more context under the cut. it will be updated as things change

my ex boyfriend is an abusive alcoholic. he's raped me, tried to medically neglect me, stranded me at our new apartment alone with no food and a clogged toilet, and most recently refuses to pay any rent and is content to allow me to become homeless despite legal obligation

i have been granted a hud/section 8 housing voucher, but to use it a unit must pass inspection

the apartment i applied for didn't pass, and needed repairs. the landlord told me he'd accept the first applicant that could pay first month rent and a huge deposit. the housing authority told me i'd lose my voucher if i didn't proceed with this exact unit

originally, i was supposed to be on my own. but i was shoved between a rock and a hard place with the voucher and deposit. i couldn't afford the deposit despite friends crowdfunding for me, so... i asked my boyfriend for help

he needed a place to go himself, because he broke his lease bringing me and my cats in. (i was unaware of this, and had no suspicion he'd do something that would compromise his 2 bed/bath apartment)

my doctor also prescribed caregiver after my hospitalization so it seemed mutually beneficial from a financial standpoint, even if i wasn't enthused about it

we couldn't afford movers, so over the course of march we'd been moving things by the carload ourselves. the queen bed was too big, so the night before last he informed me he was dumping it while he had help from a friend to move it. i had a bedframe and mattress from the last place i'd lived, but it had already been taken to the new place. i thought we'd agreed i'd basically move in to the new place early so i'd have somewhere to sleep

come saturday night, i messaged him that the toilet was clogged. he refused to bring a snake, and told me i was using him because i don't hug and kiss him enough. (i'm a csem victim, asexual, and autistic and don't like physical affection)

he's decided he doesn't want to proceed with the unit, and it hasn't passed the inspection, so my voucher doesn't cover it yet. i can't afford the rent out of pocket, and i'm broke because i'm disabled. we agreed he'd pay rent until the voucher kicked in, then he would be added to it as my caregiver, because he'd take me to medical appointments, ensure i get my medication on time, ensure i'd and bathe, etc.

but that ship has sailed. now i'm left in a lurch, and desperately need help. a large portion of the security and pet deposits were nonrefundable, so all the previous effort would go to waste if i can't stay

because i was recently hospitalized, i don't know how i'll survive homelessness. my cats are prescribed emotional support animals, and losing them would be devastating

these are text messages from when he refused to bring the snake and dumped me:

after this, he proceeded to continuously ignore me when i'd bring up rent, that he's on the lease, and going to the bank to pay the landlord

he never responded to the above and then proceeded to act like nothing happened

he didn't respond to any of these except agreement to let me get my cats with the help of someone from my weekly ywca meetings

he is now proceeding to STILL not respond or accept responsibility despite me explaining to him in great detail what the repercussions will be if he doesn't help pay rent. he continues to say "you"

as of august 29, i don't have enough to pay the rent on my own, but i am keeping all of these text messages to present in eviction court if it comes to that. i also intend to take my ex to small claims court

the landlord's maintenance guy also """plunged the toilet""" after leaving me without a working one for five days, and after i was informed there was a problem with the entire complex's pipes. i was not here, so i can't vet if it was true. they """plunged""" without permission, and then sent me an invoice after the fact. i also can't afford this fee, and find it predatory in nature. the maintenance company is owned by the landlord

i have reached out to legal aid to ask about the legality of the landlord handling the situation like this. i will reach out to them again if i get an eviction notice

[mariacallous]

In early April of this year, after more than a decade of litigation and a $90-million settlement, Mark Zuckerberg sent me forty bucks on Venmo.

To be clear, it wasn’t Zuck personally. That $40.67 was my cut of the payout from a class action lawsuit: the “Facebook Internet Tracking Litigation” case (not to be confused with the “Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation,” payment pending). Since January, I’ve secured other payouts of $21.65, $20.04 (twice), $14.81 and $12.60 as a result of class action settlements, and there are almost certainly more to come.

If you spend enough time on the internet, odds are that you too have stumbled into the class action expanded universe. You’re not alone: According to a recent defense attorney interest group report, there was $42 billion in class action settlements reached last year, “the third highest value we have tallied in the last two decades, trailing only the settlement numbers from 2023 ($51.4 billion) and 2022 ($66 billion).” Given the proliferation of corporate monopolies, legal cases brought against tech companies will naturally include more and more claimants and bigger and bigger settlements. Ads marketing these lawsuits are popping up on social media and, while most people ignore them, there are Facebook groups, lawyers, and hunters like myself, all dedicated to chasing down these payouts.

On top of that, a change in federal rules in 2018 laid the groundwork to make email the most common class-action notice delivery method—so it’s entirely possible that right now, hiding in a spam folder, there’s an unread message declaring that you’re already part of one. Open the email, enter your class member code, maybe provide some receipts (unless it’s a “no-proof” settlement), and pick your delivery method; they have Venmo, Zelle, prepaid cards, paper checks, direct deposit, etc. After a couple of years, boom! Instant money.

But while applying to get some of that money has never been more convenient, the vast majority of eligible claimants will never see a dime: A 2019 study by the Federal Trade Commission put the claims rate for class actions at an outrageously low 4 percent by weighted mean.

Take cases about data breaches or privacy violations. There were more than 250 million users in the class of those affected by the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal—essentially, everyone in the US with a Facebook account. Out of the eligible class size of 250 million, only 17 million valid claims were filed. There’s the spate of recent “social media addiction” cases looking for more class members by (ironically enough) advertising on Instagram, plus the semi-recent class action that chastised the once-mighty Juul for targeting teens, and the very, very recent Lopez v. Apple Inc. settlement, which could give folks $20 per Siri-enabled device if you sign up by July 2.

Many people ignore these messages—assuming they’re a scam, or thinking the payout isn’t worth the hassle. But other people, like April Phelps, are filing claims with gusto.

“I check daily,” says Phelps, a Memphis-based health care worker who estimates she’s received almost $8,000 since 2023 by keeping up with the various postcards, emails, and online advertisements that work to bring eligible claimants into a class action. “Out of a seven-day week, no more than about two and a half hours—probably 30 minutes or so a day—just to scroll through and see if there's been any updates or any new settlements that impact me. I'll check my junk mail too, just to make sure.”

I found Phelps on a 30,000-plus-member Facebook group set up by Top Class Actions, a news site that tracks and offers updates on various ongoing class actions. People in the TCA Settlements & Payouts group help confused first-timers navigate eligibility, answer questions about when settlement payments might come in and post updates about case results. These kinds of sites are what I recommend to people who ask, because since 2021, I’ve become “class action guy,” reminding family members to file claims, check their spam folders, and get that money.

Technically, I was party to my first class action all the way back in 2016, with litigation related to the Aliso Canyon gas leak, which WIRED reported as the “worst climate disaster in US history” at the time. That process was mainly via email and on the phone, and the payout took seven years to show up—but in the meantime, I kept searching for “settlement” in my email.

In 2021, that led me to Mansour v. Bumble Trading Inc., a settlement in California based on claims that Bumble was discriminating against male users by only letting women message first. I signed up, waited for my payout, and after that was Rivera et al. v. Google LLC (Google photos storing face data without consent), plus Sosa v. Onfido (biometric privacy violation), California v. Vitol (manipulated gas prices), even Milan v. Clif Bar & Co. (misleading labels on Clif Bars), and my beloved Facebook Internet Tracking Litigation.

It’s not that I have a personal vendetta against these companies. I still eat the Clif Bars. But by gosh, the law says I’m owed some money, these companies probably did do something wrong (even if they don’t admit it), and frankly, the payout feels a bit like winning in a legal system designed for people to lose. Why wouldn’t I take it?

That’s close to the story I was told by Phelps, as well. She says she’s been on the lookout for class actions since 2021, when she found out she was party to litigation against Blue Cross Blue Shield via a notice hidden in her junk mail.

“More people need to start paying attention, because if you miss a deadline, in some cases, for a $10,000 cheque, you’re going to be upset,” she says. “I wish I was getting $10,000, but some people are eligible to receive that, and they don't take it seriously because they don't do their research.”

Phelps says that the most helpful avenue for staying informed has been the smattering of groups on Facebook, where people answer questions, offer advice, and upload pictures of payouts: Venmo, Zelle, prepaid cards, and paper checks. Phelps says the group helped her evangelize a couple of friends and her mom into class action consciousness.

“It's not like these are poor defenseless companies, right? They committed an error,” she says. “If more people pay attention, honestly, I feel like these manufacturers or these businesses will stop being so quick to offer things to us without doing their research.”

Despite how helpful these groups have been for some people, they’re still a poor substitute for an official government portal, says Amanda M. Rose, a professor of law at Vanderbilt University.

“There’s been a lot of enthusiasm for technology solving these problems, although we see … that it hasn’t necessarily borne itself out,” she says.

Rose adds that a federally run website and support system (ClassAction.gov, say) could help increase claim rates, cut down on confusion, and create a database for researchers looking to make policy suggestions on public oversight of class actions. Without that infrastructure, the void is filled by third-parties (like the absurdly named “ClaimClam,” called out by the DC attorney general last year), who can use AI to identify potential class members in lawsuits and settlements, get them to submit claims via their platform and then take a cut of their settlements. ClaimClam also charged consumers “15%, and in some cases 40%,” of their claim, while also misleading them to think that settlements were guaranteed, and hiding that the law firm they were recommending was also co-owned by the same founder, according to a settlement between the company and the office of the DC attorney general. Even the top aggregator sites, like ClassAction.org or the aforementioned TopClassActions.com, are private companies that can earn referral fees from law firms for offering info on the class actions.

The lack of a federal database also makes it difficult to track down claimants who have changed addresses, determine if the legalese has been effectively translated into plain English, or figure out if the notices are getting past the spam filter—and all of these problems are exacerbated by a glaring lack of data on record. Are the claims settlement administrators who are charged with finding eligible class members doing a thorough job? According to Rose, solving these issues has always been a problem, but no one in particular is keeping track.

“You can't even have an intelligent public policy debate about these matters without having better insight into them,” says Rose.

That argument touches on one of the core pillars in American jurisprudence supporting class actions—as a type of public service in the form of a deterrent.

“At least in our legal culture, we have decided that we should make it possible for people with small value claims to bring them all together,” says Deborah Hensler, professor of dispute resolution at Stanford Law School.

“Perhaps a large number of people have claims, but the claims are worth fairly small amounts of money. Maybe they lost $25 each? A corporation could make a lot of money by collecting lots and lots of $25,” she says. “But individually, going to court for $25? Forget it.” Thus, class actions.

According to Hensler, class actions in one form or another have been part of US law for centuries. A dispute in 1820 over the estate of a deceased general, West v. Randall, is widely considered the first, though Brown v. Board of Education, which ended legal segregation in 1954, is probably the most well-known example. She considers their prevalence to be a function of an American court system that has fewer barriers to entry than many others, including much lower court filing fees, the option for lawyers to advertise, and legal representation on contingency (which is widely regulated or outright disallowed in many other countries).

“When you have a system that is so law-oriented, and you have a lot of lawyers and you have a way for people to find lawyers, even if they don't have very much money, then you have a way for lawyers to make money by taking people's cases,” Hensler says. “Then when some issue arises—like Facebook privacy—there are some lawyers who say ‘That’s interesting, maybe I could bring a class action.’”

Because the legal precedent is so complex, Hensler says there are many laws on the books allowing class actions to be brought for everything from the aforementioned privacy violations to the spate of recent class actions with wide political implications, like J.G.G. v. Trump, where a judge ordered deportation flights of Venezuelan men to be turned back, an order the Trump administration ignored.

“The current cases are on behalf of people who are claiming they have been improperly, illegally treated by the Trump Administration,” Hensler says. “They're trying to get the courts to say ‘Stop doing this,’ not just for one person, but for all the people like them.”

Aside from their use in recent immigration cases, class actions as legal tools are actually in a bit of a hard place. The Class Action Fairness Act, signed into law by the Bush administration in 2005, made it easier for defendants to shift their cases to federal court from the state level, a move that ultimately made class actions harder to certify, slower to resolve, and more expensive to pursue.

Instead, plaintiffs’ lawyers have shifted toward mass torts, mass-claim litigation, and multidistrict litigation—approaches that involve coordinating large numbers of individual claims, rather than trying to certify a single class. In the pre-internet era, coalescing that many claimants would be Sisyphean; in 2025, it’s almost smooth sailing.

“The underlying issue is that modern society produces mass injuries, mass complaints, mass everything,” Hensler says. “We've done a pretty good job in this country of trying to come up with procedures for dealing with this ‘mass claim’ phenomenon—a better job than virtually every other country in the world—but we haven't figured it out yet.”

Something that shouldn’t be hard to figure out is that regardless of the particular legal avenue, the class or mass action notifications are just going to keep coming—so people like Phelps and I will keep scanning social media and checking our spam folders. Maybe in a couple more years, I’ll get a notification about another forty bucks. And until then, I’ll keep scrolling, filing, and quietly cashing in, because if corporations can profit off our data, habits, and mistakes, the least we can do is get paid back when they screw up.

It’s not justice, exactly—just the version we’re left with in a system where accountability is slow, flawed, and monetized. But until something better comes along, I’m not leaving free money on the table. You shouldn’t either.

[killbenedictcumberbatchagain]

Update to my situation. So I have been living at my dad's for some weeks now. There's been a lot of adjusting, trust needing to be rebuilt, habits needing to be broken. I'm having an ok time, but there are still a lot of things bothering me. After fleeing most of my personal possessions are gone. The lease is no longer in my name (hilariously, it's now in my Ex-roommates name. ISN'T THAT SO FUNNY) and any hopes at getting my deposit back are slashed. There are several things I need to replace. I don't feel safe returning to that apartment to retrieve them.

Not only that but I left a Lot of important documents like my birth certificate and SSN which I inexplicably could not locate when I looked for them, as well as storage devices and phones. I found that my Facebook was accessed from a phone I'm no longer in possession of and my emails continue to be compromised. It feels like a hopeless situation and I've been deterred/discouraged from seeking legal recourse. I feel lost. Years and years of artwork are out of my hands. My equipment is at the apartment and who knows if it hasn't been scrapped or sold. I know I shouldnt mourn material things but the way my sense of security, my own private sanctum is no longer a place I can return to, affects me deeply. Someone impersonating my father has been adding me on Facebook over multiple duplicate accounts and she lied about contacting my family. Compromising video has been sent to my dad and stepmom. They've been gracious but it's still humiliating and deeply disturbing that this happened to me. I don't feel I deserve this.

I received my final gas bill and the amount is for $425. If I ever hope to rent again here, I have to pay this. My former landlord is not communicating with me in a timely fashion. I'm trying to get on SSI and hopefully return to a sense of normalcy and independence. I've been seeking stability after the many traumas and changes I've had to face. it's honestly a challenge to find motivation right now and I'm masking a lot of my pain. I feel alone.

I still need help. If I'm to create a life for myself that is healthy and sustainable I need help. Please, if you've seen what I've experienced then don't hesitate or second guess and give. I am just tired right now. You've showed up for me before, please do it now.

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[marygusmans]

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HeroFX, an online trading platform established in 2021, claims to offer various trading instruments such as forex, indices, shares, futures, crypto, metals, and energies. Despite these offerings, significant concerns arise due to HeroFX's lack of regulation and legal compliance. The platform is not licensed by any reputable financial authority, which compromises trader security and credibility.

🔹 Regulatory Concerns

HeroFX operates without any major regulatory oversight, posing significant risks for traders. The absence of licenses from recognized financial authorities means there is no guarantee of fund safety or fair trading practices. This lack of regulation should be a major red flag for any potential user.

🔹 User Feedback

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🔹 Minimum Deposit and Trading Conditions

HeroFX advertises a low minimum deposit of $20 and high leverage of up to 1:500. However, users report unexpected fees and unclear terms. The platform's reliance on cryptocurrency payments raises additional concerns about transaction transparency and security.

🔹 Platform Reliability

While HeroFX offers the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform, which is popular among traders, technical issues and platform downtimes have been reported. The broker’s lack of regulation further undermines the reliability and security of these trading platforms.

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Regulatory Concerns HeroFX operates without any major regulatory oversight, posing significant risks for traders. The absence of licenses from recognized financial authorities means there is no guarantee of fund safety or fair trading practices. This lack of regulation should be a major red flag for any potential user.

User Feedback A considerable number of negative reviews highlight issues such as difficulties in withdrawing funds, security breaches, and allegations of fraudulent activities. These complaints underscore the potential risks of trading with HeroFX. Problems with fund withdrawals and poor customer support are common themes in user feedback.

Minimum Deposit and Trading Conditions HeroFX advertises a low minimum deposit of $20 and high leverage of up to 1:500. However, users report unexpected fees and unclear terms. The platform's reliance on cryptocurrency payments raises additional concerns about transaction transparency and security.

Platform Reliability While HeroFX offers the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform, which is popular among traders, technical issues and platform downtimes have been reported. The broker’s lack of regulation further undermines the reliability and security of these trading platforms.

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[bighugsbadtimes]

Help Me Move to Safety and Stability

Hi everyone, my name is Sethe, and I’m a 26-year-old trans man uber driver in urgent need of a fresh start. After months of difficult circumstances, I’ve made the painful but necessary decision to move out immediately for my own well-being. While I care deeply for my current roommate, their struggles with codependency, dishonesty, and mental illness have created an unsafe and unstable environment for me. To protect my mental health and future in Birmingham, I need to leave as soon as possible.

Moving is expensive, and doing it on short notice has left me scrambling. I need to break our current lease early which requires two months of rent. We pay around $2,000 per month currently. I am looking into the legalities of having to break a lease due to domestic violence and thankfully I have the evidence and police report to back that up. Between that, security deposits, first month’s rent, moving costs, and basic necessities, the financial burden feels overwhelming. Any assistance—whether it’s $5 or simply sharing this fundraiser—would mean the world to me.

Where Your Support Goes:

Breaking the current lease early : $4,000

Housing essentials (deposit, first month’s rent, utilities setup): $600 - $700

Moving costs (truck rental, gas, boxes, or movers if possible): $120

A Note on Privacy & Kindness:

I’m choosing not to share specific details about my roommate out of respect for their privacy and our past relationship. I would appreciate if those "in the know" do the same. This isn’t about blame—it’s about taking responsibility for my own safety and putting my foot down. I’m so grateful for any support as I take this step toward getting away.

Thank you for reading, and thank you especially to those who’ve shown up for me during this hard time. Everyone deserves safe homes, and your help brings me closer to that reality.

[paandaan]

Donation For Demolition Victims In Karachi

Karachi did not have then means to house all migrants coming in post partition. Eventually, they housed themselves. The government provided them with electricity, gas, water lines, etc. Much of Karachi has been built this way. Mujahid Colony is one of these neighborhoods. People who live here have lived here since the creation of Pakistan. They populated this vacant area and brought commerce, housing, life here. Multigenerational homes, multiethnic mohallas. Now this land is valuable for luxury developers and greedy builders. They distort and exploit the corrupt nexus of land and governance stakeholders and have used police to raid these homes in the middle of the night and fire bullets on children, drag women without purdah from their homes, use tear gas and bulldozers to clear the way. Hospitals were told not to record the injuries or take in the injured. Many died from heart attacks and extreme stress as well. Suddenly homeless with all property destroyed, they had nowhere to go. Daily wage earners asked to pay lakhs in security deposits. They lost everything.

• Mujahid and Wahid Colony faced demolitions last year

• The rubble is still lying there

• The affectees have been living in the area since the Partition

• They built the neighborhood from scratch, and the government wants to displace them to Taiser Town, where no gas, electricity, and water lines exist

• They want to stay in their own neighborhood

• Affectees have legal documents of property ownership and paid bill records of decades

Please donate to StopEvictionKHI as follows:

Here is the link to the GoFundMe:

[blackfemmejeanvaljean]

my last post has lost traction so I'm making a new one. but hi for those of you that don't know I'm xandra. last august I had to go to court and I was almost given a legal eviction on my record which would have made finding housing difficult. I've been staying with a dear friend but we both agreed I would I would leave by April. I found an apartment that's affordable and in a nice area but it's hard to come up with the security deposit. I recently got my child development certificate and recieved a small raise but I do have to replace things like pots, broom, bath mat, etc. I have raised $290 in january and my goal $950 please reblog if you'd like to help. no ill will if you don't through

cashapp: $jocedun94

venmo: xandrachantal

paypal: xandra.l.duncan@gmail.com

290/950

[helly-watermelonsmellinfellon]

hi. alot is happening. bumming off wifi rn. i'm copy/pasting someone from a doc i started in libra office with no internet.

A LOT IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES AND I’M KEEPING TRACK.

The landlady has made excuses to not give us back the security deposit. She keeps having Dave’s boss call him in a foul mood will all kind of threats and accusations of things we supposedly broke/ruined.

1.) On our first night out of there she has already threatened to call the cops on us by claiming that we filled the house with perfume before we left so it’ll hurt her. What happened was we cleaned it because she demanded that it was clean like it supposedly was when we moved in(it wasn’t clean when we moved in). We used that Meyers shit, which has a pretty muted scent and is supposed to be safe for the environment. And it was just basic sweeping, dusting, and then doing up the ktichen and bathroom just to be safe.

2.) Today she has claimed that we filled the washing machine with motor oil to ruin it as punishment before we left. She swears the whole house smells of oil, after screaming about it smelling like too much perfume that was supposedly used to hurt her breathing. Mind you, mom is an asthmatic so we can’t use things with strong scents because it will fuck her up. If we bought oil, it would be for the van cuz that shit is expensive and we wouldn’t be wasting it on HER of all people.

By now, Dave’s boss is aware that she cannot legally withold the deposit and that she’s trying to use the fact that Dave is a dumbass, against him. Mom however, knows the laws, and the lease said nothing about not using scented cleaners OR perfumes, and she does not have a legit reason to not give us the $1600 back. If she took it to court it would not hold. She has to make an itemized list of her claims, Dave has to acknowledge whether or not they are true, and then it goes to court.

fyi I took videos of everything in the house. Bethy’s Room, Mom’s Room, Bathroom, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen. All items that were hers, such as the Oven, Fridge, Washer, Dryer, Toilet, Sinks,Tub/Shower, random Recycle Bin, and Wall Hangings. Inside and Out. All details were recorded before we left. I even recorded us leaving at exactly 11:23 PM Feb 15th 2024, and recorded turning the light off.

Let’s see if she comes up with something else tomorrow. ~5:22 PM Feb, 17th 2024

3.)

Feb, 21st 2024:

I’ve just been informed by Bethy that Dave has gone on to further embarrass us. He insists that he’s got all these racing friends(and tbf they promised to help fund a big event to raise money for us 2 years ago, and then ghosted him AND Bethy when they asked what they had to do to help) who will help and has been harassing them for money.

One of them, an active dirt racer, posted a screenshot with Dave’s full name in a text convo begging for cash. And then half a dozen other dirt racers, active and retired, shared that he’s been hitting them up for money too. How he was in people’s posts about random shit beggn for money and then how he got swindled under his own comment by someone mocking him and posting the same thing he did with a small wording change about leaving an abusive house and Dave not only fell for it but then said he’d try to help them.

And now the greater dirt racing community is aware of this and are mocking him and us and some are making inquiries about Bethy’s well-being in connection to Dave. And their wives are having things to say about how he’s a bad parent and she should be taken away from him.

And I need to remind everyone that this is to pay off a blackmailer who is demanding $300 a week now. Bethy got a bit more info out of him on that and it apparently involves a photo. And there are only 2 types of photos that can get him in legal trouble(since he believes he CAN go to jail over this). So either he sent an unsolicited dick pic, which won’t receive much punishment cuz he’s a man who LOOKS white enough. OR it’s child p0rn, and he’s never given that vibe out of everything fucked up with him so I’m not exactly sure.

But he walks around demanding to know ‘did anyone give us money yet’ and people have donated to the GFM and Mealtrain, and I’ve earned about $100 on Ko-Fi recently, and we haven’t told him cuz he won’t use it for anything good.

He’s been bumming extra money off his boss despite knowing that the van need fixing, we need hot water and heat, and several other problems that need fixing ASAP. And his boss is asking questions and is getting nastier and nastier cuz he doesn’t trust Dave’s intentions and shitty lying.

There is no lease. The owner of this house knows Dave's boss and they supposedly came to an agreement that so long as Dave fixes up this house, we can stay here in the mean time for free. They supposedly made an agreement that Dave's boss will buy everything we need to fix the house up and then send all the receipts to the friend who will then pay him back.

And now Dave's boss is getting so fed up with Dave and his wishy-washy behavior and begging for all this money all the time that he does not earn, that he is now saying he never made any such promises. And he refuses to contact the owner of this house at all. There is no recording. No contract. No signatures. No proof that such a discussion went down at all. It is Dave’s word(unreliable) against the boss’(the one with money and power here) word.

Dave has no way to contact the owner either. Cuz he didn’t think that was necessary apparently. He was perfectly fine making his boss the go-between until his boss got angry.

So our ability to even stay here is hanging in the balance.

Can’t wait to see what other bad news I’m gonna find out.

[worms-go-here]

2025 PREP LIST

Here's a list of things you should do to protect and help yourself going into 2025. I've organized them hard/medium/easy based on their time consumption and difficulty of execution.

GET A PASSPORT & OBTAIN DOCUMENTS (HARD)

• Get or update your passport so it will last through these next 4 years. Your passport is a very strong piece of identity keeping material. Everything in this section is especially important for people who have legally changed their name in any form. 2025 will likely contain some legislation targeting people whose name doesn't match on all their legal documents. Also if you need to flee the country this will be super important to have. Certain passport renewals are eligible to do online.

• Get copies or originals of all your legal documents. That means you should have your birth certificate, your social security card, and any diplomas or degrees. Keep those yourself at home in a safe location or in a safety deposit that you have legal access to (your name should be on the access slip and you should have a key)

CONTROL YOUR MONEY (MEDIUM)

• Move your money to a local bank or preferably a credit union. Big banks collect data on you and use your money to back their own evil causes. The people going into power don't care about people, they care about money, so that is our most powerful mouthpiece. Moving it sends a message to them and also denies them the data they get from monitoring our purchases and it protects it better. This is one of the most proactive things you can do right now.

How to move your money: It is probably best practice to call your bank and let them know that you are going to be closing your account there and transferring your money. This is so they can make sure they have enough cash on hand to give you. Then you'll just take that and head over to your new local bank or credit union and they'll get your accounts set up. It can be accomplished in a morning or afternoon. The hardest part will be just finding the time, and then moving all online accounts to a new billing situation. I did this a few years ago and it was actually super easy.

• Shop Local ! Shop Small ! everyone has been preaching this for years, but you need to keep doing it or start now. Shopping local has always been more expensive, but with the tariffs coming, its not going to matter any more. Don't shop Walmart, Target, big conglomerates. Especially for groceries. Food safety is going to continue to be relaxed under the incoming administration. Eating local and knowing where your food came from will be the best way to protect yourself.

• Get a budget. You can use a budget app like YNAB or just track it yourself on paper or on a spreadsheet. Just being aware of how much you spend and where will help you save money in the expensive time we're going into, and realize if your money is going to someone you don't want it to go to.

CONTROL YOUR BODY (HARD)

• Future of birth control and abortion is uncertain. Stock up now on Plan B and Plan C abortion pills. Do this even if you are not a person affected, because you never know who in your life will be. (be aware of the effectiveness of these pills. Plan B lowers in effectiveness on people 165 pounds and over. Other Plan B options have similar issues.)

• Consider your options for long term birth control. Talk with your doctor about how much birth control pill you can stock up on, or consider an IUD. Do your research about your options, they all affect different people differently. Most of these will last through the next 4 years. If yours is set to expire before or during that time period, ask if your doctor will go ahead and replace yours early.

• here is the list of doctors in the states who will perform sterilizations or permanent birth control

• update your vaccinations now. the future of vaccines are also uncertain. the updated covid and flu shots are available, ask your doctor or check your records to see what vaccines you need a re-up on. you should have an updated tetanus/tdap shot every 10 years. you can get these at your doctor or at CVS, Walgreens, etc.

• stop use of all period tracker apps or tracking your period on any digital platform based on the internet, cell data, or the cloud. track on paper.

• if you take prescriptions talk with your doctor about how much of it you can have on hand at once. stock as much as you can.

CONTROL YOUR RELATIONSHIPS (MEDIUM)

• Women are divorcing and breaking up with people who voted for Trump. If there are people in your life who don't align with your values its time to consider cutting them out, especially if they are a romantic partner.

• The 4B movement is taking off in America as a movement to show right wing men that they can't have their cake and eat it too. The 4 B's stand for no dating men, no sex with men, no marriage to men, and no childbirth. If that interests you now is the time to start.

• Delete your dating apps and your profiles on your dating apps. These guys will be scrolling past the same two women every day with no other offerings. Your body, your choice, no exceptions.

DITCH AMAZON (EASY)

• Cancel your amazon prime and delete or forswear use of your amazon account. Amazon has always been evil but now it is evil backed by evil. It collects your spending data and it is the biggest proponent of convenience culture. Getting real rights for workers means all of us recognizing that convenience has a cost, and it is far more than amazon is charging. A good life for everyone means you get your things slower, and we all need to learn to be ok with that.

• Unsubscribe from all shopping mailing lists. When you get the shopping newsletter in your inbox from wherever, hit the unsubscribe button. We need to be telling corporations and companies we don't care about their crap, and junk emails are bad for us and the planet. This is an easy way to cut temptation and stick it to them.

• Where you buy from matters. Buying small business or local means a safer product and it means your money does not go directly to the pockets of evil. The best easy thing you ca do during the next 4 years is CARE WHO YOUR MONEY GOES TO.

PROTECT YOURSELF ONLINE (EASY)

• SWITCH TO FIREFOX. It's said all the time on this website, but do it this time, actually do it. I finally did and it was super fast and easy and took less than a minute and it migrated all my bookmarks and passwords from chrome. Though the safest way to be online is with Linux, if you have that capability.

• add necessary extensions to your new firefox. these will be recommended when you install and you should 1000% add them: Ublock origin, privacy badger, facebook container, and clear urls. avoid adding savings extensions - honey is the biggest culprit. they make money off of your spending data. now is the time we have to fight harder than ever for our digital privacy and security, and that starts by denying them access.

MAKE YOUR PURCHASES NOW (MEDIUM)

• consider your life and if there is anything in it that is necessary and might break or need replaced in the next 4 years. I mean big purchases like appliances, car maintenance, house maintenance. Everything is going to get more expensive, and if you can get these big purchases now at a cheaper cost, you should do it.

• stock up on any imported goods that you have space for and want to prioritize having. Olive oil, wine, spices, to name a few.

HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN (MEDIUM)

• maybe when you move to your new credit union you move some of your money to a designated emergency savings fund. Everyone should have an emergency fund or money to fall back on in case anything happens, but that is going to be even more important to build and pad that fund going into an administration that is going to jack the prices of everything. Also because if you do need to flee you'll need money to fund your escape.

• make a plan for if you do decide to flee the country or it becomes necessary. consider where you will go and how you will get there. its important to think about how long you will stay there and how long you can stay legally or if you can immigrate, and to consider what the political climate / human rights situation in your hopeful new country is like.

EDUCATE YOURSELF (EASY)

• we all have to be part of the change, and we all have to fight for it. we can start by educating ourselves. My reading list includes Mutual Aid, Except for Palestine, Let this Radicalize You, Becoming Abolitionists, The Jungle, Assata, The Purpose of Power, Social Movements, We Do this till We Free Us, Strangers in their Own Land, and The New Jim Crow.

Knuckle down. We're not going into 2025 afraid, we're going in prepared.

Additions welcome, let me know if there's anything I missed. I know I'm missing how this affects people in college or going into it and ways you can protect yourself as an LGBTQ individual. I'll add to this as I learn that information.