A lost deposit for a home is a tenant’s worst nightmare.
Teresa Esparza is a single mother of two who recently moved to the Valley from South Carolina.
She is a single mother of two and currently isn’t employed.
Before moving down here, Esparza was able to find a home in Harlingen, but wasn’t able to move in.
She tells Action 4 News that in her contract, it states her landlord is supposed to provide her a stove.
But didn’t, so she decided to find another place to live.
She asked for her deposit back and could not get a response from her landlord.
Esparza says she “called several times and left a message but never got an answer”.
We tried to contact her landlord, Arturo Benavides, but he was out of town.
He did a phone interview with us and says he never promised her a stove.
He states “she broke her contract, when you break a contract you forfeit your deposit”
We tried to contact the Housing Authority for comment, but they never responded back to our calls.
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