In your personal opinion, is your home in suitable living conditions?

Does your landlord respond to you quickly when you contact them and do they make repairs when you request them?

Have you personally had to pay for repairs to your home that you were not responsible for?

When you were originally looking at the listing for your home, did it include deceptive pictures that showed the home in better shape than it was, or were the pictures accurate?

What We Learned From Our Survey

Some common themes throughout the responses in our surveys were:

  • Landlords in Cahokia Heights can often be unresponsive to their tenants needs.
  • A lot of tenants in Cahokia Heights feel that their homes are not in suitable living conditions.
  • Tenants in Cahokia Heights are often left to deal with housing complications by themselves.
  • Some renters in Cahokia Heights have “under the table” agreements with landlords to be able to afford housing. These agreements can easily give the landlord more power over the tenant because they are not legally binding