I've lived in the East Bay for years (this is _the_ worst housing market period) and being evicted is hardly the worst outcome: Apartment which we applied to b

I've lived in the East Bay for years (this is _the_ worst housing market period) and being evicted is hardly the worst outcome: Apartment which we applied to but didn't rent: - owner insisted that we follow her rules about living habits (e.g. get up/sleep times) or we wouldn't be allowed to rent (this was a large building of 20+ apartments) - subtle hints during our tour that she profiled everyone and only rented to those people she considered to be "responsible" people - threw a tantrum at us and returned our rental application when we asked for a few days to sort out the contract signing and then proceeded to lecture us on responsibility - heating was controlled by her for the entire building (imagine what it would be like to live there) Apartment 1: - mouse/rat infestation which the landlord addressed by saying they put up traps instead of calling an exterminator - rampant spider infestation which landlord refused to do anything about (seriously, I've never seen so many different colored spiders) - landlord started arguing with us at our door when we threatened to report them to the city for above - our downstairs neighbor's shower stopped working and still wasn't fixed by the time we moved out Apartment 2: - mold growing in the bathroom and sharp splinters coming out of what must have been 50 year old hardwood floors, no fix from landlord so we taped the floor where there were nails/splinters - only 1 burner worked on the stove (no fix from landlord) - power to the entire building would flip on and off at least once a month You couldn't get out without paying for the rest of the lease. That's what made it so much worse than what you're describing. I would have gladly been evicted from these hellholes. It ended up being the case that the corporate landlords in the area were actually much better behaved than the local ones.