Landlords & Tenants?

I lost my job and owed rent. 4 mos. I was constantly informing my landlord of the steps I was taking to pay my arrers. I found a job in Feb and immediately b'gan payn my arrears. I took a loan 2 pay for the 4 mos owed, I began to pay. the loan process took a month, howevr, I was still paying the current months. as soon as I got the checks i gave them to the super & the management office was supposed to stop the eviction procedure.They didn't, came hom found a lock on my door and left my poor dog inside. I was hysterical, i didn't think the LL cud do this after i paid off my rent arrears. Does N E 1 know if this is legal? After a long battle on the fone with him, he let me in the apartment, but I was very upset, also, the stove never worked from the X I moved in, two years, now he wants for me to pay for the legal fee's he incurred & raised my rent 8.00 for stove. IS this legal? Other wise he said he would continue the eviction process.

Changing the locks or adding a lock to a door, is illegal as far as I know. I'm not sure if this is different in your State, possibly it is, but in NY and NJ for example, the landlord cannot bar you from the apartment - the Court has to render a decision and then you have a specific time to be out by. If after that date you are not out the Sheriff or police can come get you out.

If you are in eviction PROCESS then you should have gotten served papers instructing you of a date for a hearing. If you were locked out while this was going on then he would be in violation and you'd have a case - at least on that aspect of the situation.