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Can a landlord keep your security deposit for not repainting apartment? - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

When you move out of a rental, you ordinarily don’t have to repaint the place. But one landlord did paint and kept a portion of one man’s security deposit as a result. Is that legal? It’s why this renter called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser. There are good renters, there are bad renters. Jaime is a good one. Jaime Baca: “I never was late with the payment, always on time, always on time.” After six years. he needed a bigger place and decided…