The respondent filed exceptions to the Recommended Order and Decision, and the complainant filed a response to those exceptions. This case is now ready for Order and Decision. The respondent, a man who owned approximately 39 rental units at that time, did not advise the complainant either orally or through the written lease agreement that her rent would be increased if she changed the number of persons living in her apartment. The complainant did not indicate to the respondent that anyone other than she and her son would inhabit the apartment. The complainant and her son moved into the apartment shortly after the lease was signed.
Slater is a black male.
Slater had daughters who would visit with him for periods of time in the complainant's apartment. These visits would sometimes last overnight. The respondent learned that Slater was residing in the apartment through neighbors of the complainant. Thereafter, the complainant introduced Slater to the respondent. She introduced Slater as her fiance.