What’s the best thing to do first when your landlord has been harrassing you to get you to move out?

What’s the best thing to do first when your landlord has been harrassing you to get you to move out?

I’m a single mother of 3 kids and currently live in a 2-bedroom apartment. After being on the waiting list for about a year, the landlord denied me a 3-bedroom apartment. She has been sending me and only me unreasonable violation notices. She currently has some contractor thats working on the premises watching my apt to report and take pictures of anything that she feels is a violation of the lease. So recently when I had a meeting with her, she tells me because I had 3 minor violations, instead of her giving me a vacate notice, I need to write her a 30 day notice to move out. I refused because I feel she’s wrong.

Asked on August 9, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Louisiana

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