Being Abrupt 

She has no idea what she just gave up. Some of these tenants will stay a year and leave you with 5k worth of damages

A lot of normal wear-and-tear occurs in twenty-two years.

I'm glad the judge told the old lady she was mean because she is.

If I had a tenant for 22 years, I would give them back everything they wanted plus send them a xmas gift every year. The Defendant is so unappreciative. The Plantiff can rent from me anytime.

So the landlord collected rent for 22 years, did nothing to the place and wants to keep her security 🤔. Make it make sense....

Wow she really got a ton back. Good for her! That landlord was really just nitpicking everything. What do you expect after 22 years?

this is a perfect example of how when you’re greedy you end up losing more than you would have if you weren’t

This defendant never felt the wrath of different tenants every year and took this one for granted big time!!

I rented a townhouse for 6 years. I got ALL of my security deposit back…even tho my carpets had several stains, 1 cabinet door was broken, and kitchen light fixture was broken. My prior landlord was also so proud of me for moving on and buying a house, finishing grad school, etc.. she sent me a housewarming gift to me at my new residence. I will never forget her kindness. And I am so thankful for her. The landlord in this episode is psycho!

that landlord is a real piece of work. How lucky has she been for 22 years smh

The defendant will be back AFTER the new tenants trash her whole house...

The landlord is absolutely crazy!! 😳 She had a perfect tenant paying rent on time and even willing to pay an extra $100 monthly. For over two decades she had no worries. That mortgage was more than paid! Why in the world would she give that up??? And choose to be so damn petty upon separation. Wow!

That's messed up 22 years??? And she doesn't give her the security deposit back?! Shes been there for 22 years!! This lady knows she wrong!

*if you’re reading this I wish nothing but wealth and health all 2021*

JUDGE: “Did you give her an itemized letter detailing why you’re keeping the deposit.” DEFENDANT: “No.” ME: **guy who watches the People’s Court daily & knows you have to do that** “Oooh….you’re about to lose sis. She’s getting double!” 😂

Some tape residue, door scuffs & chipped paint after 22 years of tenancy. These tenant's were savages. 🤣😂

She’s lucky to even get a tenant that lasted that long. She will NOT find another and will have a high turnover which will cost her much more. For someone she had so long, she could have let her know she wants to rent the place out for more.

I love that the judge keeps saying TWENTY-TWO years. This landlord was blessed with that tenant for TWENTY-TWO years. Wonder if her tenant paid her during Covid.

With all due respect, she's an old senile bat. The defendant was trash in this case. Just give her the money back. If you had 10 other tenants in that time frame, you would have had to spend way more money between them moving in and out to redo the place. You were lucky to have her for that long.

That landlord will get nothing but bad people renting from her after this because that's how karma works

I’m pretty sure the defendant wanted the plaintiff out so she could rent it to somebody else for more money. And there’s nothing wrong with that but to try and keep her security deposit like that was wrong. I’m glad she had to pay her back double, lesson learned for her,

$100 for labor to put in a towel wrack, dear god lmao.

I once wanted to increase the rent for a tenant of my mom's. The woman was in her late 70's and had lived in the apartment from the time she was 11-years-old, even raising a family there. In her wisdom, my mom said, "No, no!" For more than 50 years this sweet woman had taken care of the place as if it was her own, No fuss, no muss. Mom was right, the few bucks we would have made by a rent increase would never make up for the goodwill this woman had shown over the years. When I fixed something for her, she made me a plate of cookies. It was like that. OK, this woman is a slumlord for 22 years, then, budda-bing, budda-boom, she's all of a sudden born again.

Honestly that house is in awesome condition for 22 years

The defendant is tripping, someone in her family probably told her she can get more money.

The Landlord's pettiness became her undoing once she gets back home she should seriously take a look in the mirror at herself 💯

I think there are many perks to renting vs owning. However, if you’re willing to pay rent at the same place for 22+ years, you really should invest in your own property! That’s nearly a quarter of a Mil that was invested in someone else’s estate 😒

She rightfully got almost double the monthly rent she’s been paying for the past 22 years, and deservedly so. ❗️

I love how the judge kept saying “22 YEARS”

Defendant is a bitter woman, plaintiff seems like a class act

All these long cases are just bringing me so much joy!!!!🥰

I’ve noticed the older some people gets the less empathy the have.

The plaintiff's smile 😊 is everything to me.. .such a wonderful individual 💞

Increased the rent by $700? Yikes… Landlords really are the purest form of evil on this planet…

She is a knit picking landlord, wow.

I feel for her new tenant geeeeeeesh😬 she's ridiculous! 22yrs is great, I stayed at a place for 13yrs once.. I try to stay where I am!

Now granny, you know damn well you were wrong 😑 22 years? Let this be a lesson that we need to work towards ownership..Sis could’ve paid a mortgage for that long ..

The defendant is despicable, greedy, miserly, and vindictive. Anyone renting from her beware. Truly sickening. This woman lived there 22 years and should have received all of her deposit back with no lip from the defendant.

This defendant is unbelievable! She did bare minimum upgrades if that during the entire 22yrs of this tenancy and has the nerve to feel entitled to keep the security deposit?!?!? WOW!

Landlords are the worst

We lived in a rental apartment for 17 years when we were given notice of non renewal for our lease. We were all devastated. We moved in as kids (3 of us) with my mom who has MS (and is bound to a wheelchair) and we all grew up there, played at the park, went to school there, learned to drive, graduated school, one moved out of the nest after 15 years. Sadly, it showed me how heartless landlords can be. I know how this lady feels.

Basically, the landlord never offered or provided any updating to the house. You live in a home for 22 years, it will have some wear and tear. It is NOT trashed.

She's the type of landlord that doesn't want to put one cent into their property even though the property is a business that's subjected to normal wear and tear. If she had her way the tenant would have to replace the roof because it rained too hard. Not only is she mean, she's greedy

This really disturbed me because the landlady was so unapproachable and cold. having said that you don't need to be "friends" just civil and stick to business. Her attitude after 22yrs. was awful.

She booted her out to get more monthly rent, she’s gonna regret that decision in the long run.

She wants $900 for storing her damn silverware?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That had me dead!

The defendant is getting $700 more per month with the new tenant after 22 years of savings from not repainting (which she’s legally obligated to do) and nine years of savings from not fixing the central air conditioning. She’s a darn fool for keeping even a nickel for things as frivolous as a 22 year old plastic towel bar and some adhesive on the wall, because she’s in a state where she’ll owe double of whatever is wrongfully withheld.

That landlord is nuts. $115 for a plastic towel bar? You can get that at Lowe's or Home Depot for less than less than $20. Then she wants to charge for the bathroom fan (which is the landlords responsibility). Then $900 for storage. 🤣 Crazy lady. Most of the issues in the pictures falls under normal wear.

Landlord is a petty patty! Obviously she has something against this lady. The next person she rents too won't be as nice as the defendant.

What a mean landlord 😡 I am happy the plaintiff won the case.

22 years of loyalty. when does it stop being business and we start acting like human BEINGS? god

WAY TO GO JUDGE SHE FINALLY AWARDED SOMEONE MORE THAN CHUMP CHANGE BRAVO 😊💯

Finding a new tenant and a tenant who actually pays the rent is difficult. This landowner was outrageous. She should have given the majority of the deposit back wrapped in a big pretty bow.

That old lady’s behavior is the definition of Nickling and diming 🤣

$115 for a towel rack. $100 of it for labor😂😂😂 I’m dead 😂😂😂

The landlord is ridiculous and I’m glad the plaintiff got double back.

Judge Milian is truly one in 1 million. I can honestly say, from the eyes of the beholder she is gorgeous inside and out! Love her, she’s like a mama tiger, her ability to make fair decisions is such an art form ❤️

I know a lot of people don’t want to own a home and that’s fine but this amount of loyalty to someone else’s property for them to literally kick you out MIGHT have been avoided if she bought her own home. I wish the plaintiff nothing but the best.

That tenant saved the landlord so much money over the years. The landlord should have never asked for anything back. Now look at her, she has to pay double. Serves her right.

The landlord doesn’t have to give her a penny back the court pays her because she went on TV. Greedy landlord shame on you

I'm happy the plaintiff won. I've dealt with a few slumlords, and I wish I had educated my younger self on my rights.

Girl I know you didn’t pay $100 to have someone put up a $15 plastic towel bar 🤦🏾‍♀️…. 😂😂😂

When Doug doesn’t even want to talk the person who lost the case you know they’re no good . Very mean woman

Gosh after 22 years isn't it time for an update landlord?! I can't believe her!!

My dad has been renting the same home for almost 18 years. Nothing has been updated or painted but of course the rent has been increasing through the years lol. Curious what the landlord will say when he moves out as far as the conditions of the house

Damn I wonder why she leased for 22 yrs??? She could’ve bought a home by now …. She basically provided this ungrateful landlord with 22 yrs worth of income and she’s still trying to keep the lady’s deposit smh …. People 🤦‍♀️

The plaintiff seems like a very good reasonable person ,the defendant seems very mean and ungrateful. No point to All the yelling the judge is doing just too extra.

Holy crap 😂 That landlord is going to be incredibly sorry. Think of the ppl she has to deal with from now on. Non payers, nasty ppl, junkies etc....

Not even relationships or marriages last for 22 years now a days. I would rent my home to this lady and her family at anytime.

That tenant is adorable and innocent smiling the whole time

22 years. If the tenant didn’t pay the entire mortgage, it’s darn near close. Landlord should be ashamed and embarrassed. She should’ve sent her tenant a parting gift.

That woman with the defendant just looks like she is so angry and seems to be driving the defendant’s anger. Look at the defendant’s witness’s face whenever they first walk into court she is staring bullets at the plaintiff.. 🤔 🧐

As a renter myself I cringe at the monies being basicly flushed down the toilet ,sure a guy has a place to sleep ,eat ,etc! But at the end of the day you own nothing ,and plus you have paid for someone else's house 🏠😔 I lived in a house for 7 years once ,at the end when the landlord decided to sell he gave me first option to buy,but wouldn't honor our agreement of rent to buy that we had agreed to in the beginning,but luckily for him nothing in writing. I payed over $40,000 in rent at that time and the house was selling for $54,000. Smh.

She got off so lucky. If she had to change tenants over the span of 22 years she would’ve had to address wear and tear multiple times over, costing far more than she’d gain upping the rent. Not to mention headaches with bad tenants who do actual damage (suing over a door stopper damaging a door? girl please). Or people who refuse to leave and waste months of your time and tons in legal fees. 22 years of mostly no issues. I don’t believe her that she wanted to keep up the house since she never did anything. Painted a hallway in 2a years. Didn’t even fix the central a/c for years. Like come on lady, you’re cheap and not smart. For 22 years there wasn’t even much damage. That’s such a long time.

That landlord petty af!

My last tenant was in my house 4 years...yes there were quite a few things like 800 dollars worth I could have charged her for but she had little kids and was never late on the rent..not once, she got her whole deposit back. This is ridiculous Id love for this to be all thats done in 22 years. Like be grateful somebody is basically buying you a house...

Insane landlord.. holy crap. After 22 years unless the bathtub is broken in half, the tenant isn't responsible for ANYTHING. Paint, carpets, holes, NOTHING.

The landlord looks like she is in church 4 days a week but she leaving them Christian values at the alter when she dealing with folk... lol lol lol lol

I hope the defendant gets the exact type of tenants she rightfully deserves, then maybe she will learn to appreciate what a rare gem she had! I understand the need for a rent increase especially after decades at one rate. I would have went to my tenant and said look the going rate is $1600 for my place. I need to raise the rent because everything has gone up and I can’t continue to eat those costs but since you have been with me for so long (and I value you) how about we meet in the middle at $1200 a month ? If she was hesitant, I would have offered to repaint the entire place and “spruce” it up for her to enjoy and she damn sure would have had that a/c fixed. It would have been fixed as soon as it was in my power or ability to do so. It would have been my #1 priority out of respect for her being a good tenant. This woman has no idea what kind of tenants are out there and instead of being grateful she had one (who by all appearances was a model tenant) she decided to not only boot her but spit in her face by keeping her entire deposit. She seriously expected that plastic towel bar (that was probably put in when the house was built) to still be there after 22 years- for sure- but more than likely it was as old as that 60’s tile. If her pictures were the only things wrong with the place when she moved out, I would have had her deposit in hand the day she turned over her keys and we did the final walk through. I’m so glad her state allows 2x’s the security for that kind of nonsense. I wish the judge wouldn’t have taken off a penny because the landlord just didn’t get it. Hopefully, she has learned her lesson… but I doubt it she seemed had her Scrooge face on till the very end.

LOVED THE VERDICT!!! She got what she was owed plus more. Lovely💙 the landlord was mean…

Linoleum floors don’t last 22 years at all

JUST MEANNNNNNNNNN! Thank you your honor

I would rather have a loyal tenant that pays me on time. Then a new tenant who I do not know who I do not know that will be consistent with my rent. I feel that loyalty should count for something. This landlord became incredibly greedy.

22 years ? she’d be bout done paying for a house at that point lol.

That landlord is super PETTY!!!

Imagine after 22 years & that’s all she could pull up.. she was an amazing tenant. In the end the only thing she’s done wrong was some tape on the wall & that probably only happened because the tape was on the wall for many years !!

Doug needs to be retired. He’s so condescending.

Love how the lady just smiles!! Keeping it classy!!

After 22 years, The landlord would've had to paint the whole apartment after the tenant moved out anyway, she is nit- picking & being cheap. A towel rack doesn't cost 115 Dollars. Old lady is "lick the window" crazy!

22 years she paid for the house dam she are to let her have the house

22 years my goodness unless there’s gaping holes in the wall I think everything should be considered wear and rear.

Yesss im glad plantiff Won!

When she first stated renting to her the landlord didn't feel threatened by her, but over the years, she got old and wrinkled and the tenant didn't and that pissed her off, so she started picking at the tenant. Anyone can see the raging jealousy and insecurity in the landlord's eyes and the fact that the tenant was aware of it and it tickled her.

As a property owner I can tell you that the owner is crazy to get rid of this tenant. She should have given her back the entire deposit plus interest.

No matter she is making 700.00 more for the same apartment and wants the tenant to return the place ready for the next. Greedy has no limits. 😢

She would’ve had to do these basic things every other year if she was switching tenants. She was trying to get over.

Yeah she hit it right on the head, Landlord was just mean

A landlord can put whatever they want in a lease but if it against the law already in place it is null and void and no judge will enforce it.

Love when people come with either the defendant or the plaintiff for no apparent reason other than being on TV. :)

"You're kinda mean" was my favourite part