Maybe you should pay your bills. Threatening to evict you was the only way they could get you to see the issue seriously and pay what you owe. You deserved it.

I'd have to wonder why you were 6.25 short of rent in the first place. Being a landlord myself, I know you can't let tenants walk over you. The odd bad tenant ruins it for everyone

It's ridiculous that they would wait that long to tell you, and give you such an imminent deadline to meet. I'd recommend going over their heads; find out who they answer to and tell them about this situation. Tell them you were not given fair notice about the missing balance or the eviction. Maybe they can help sort things out. And as someone before me said, generally they have to give you at least a month to move out. If you can get the balance paid and contact someone higher up within that time, you should be able to work things out and keep your home.

Well why do you still owe six ******* dollars and 25 goddamn cents?

Why are you complaining? Grow up. You didnt pay your bill in full and youre blaming them?

Why are people being such assholes? You guys DO realize people can make mistakes right?! My dad forgot to put in 60 damn cents when paying a bill and his power got shut down without warning. You can also read it wrong. It's obvious that he has the money to pay the full bill!

I have $45 f***ing dollars owning to my landlord, for an NSF fee... Even though I paid my rent three days early, with cash.

So pay it then fucktard

Wow. So many trolls. I'm the author, forgot to sign in when I posted it. First, I live in Northern Virginia, not DC, although I'm not far from it. There aren't people banging on the door to get in here, though. Second, it's an apartment complex so no bank or mortgage involved. Third, I had been sick in the hospital for most of the past 3 weeks. So my rent was 2 days late due to illness. I paid the late fee of $200 dollars without a complaint. (Most late fees are only $50 in comparison.) I simply misread the amount of the late fee. The $6.25 seemed to be an admin fee of sorts. They absolutely had the power to cut me some slack since it's such a small amount. It's just a poorly run office. Fourth, VA isn't very nice to renters as a rule. They absolutely could've gone to the courthouse and gotten a '5 day pay or quit' notice. Which means if I didn't pay, on day 6 a sheriff's deputy would have showed up at my door and forcibly removed me, my daughter and our belongings. As an aside, homeowners in VA who get evicted are given about a week, not 30-60 days to move. Fifth, I desperately wanted to pay it in pennies. But they wouldn't even accept a personal check. It had to be a cashiers check or money order. So yes, I had to drive crosstown to the Walmart with the working money order machine and pay an additional 70 cents for a money order. Finally, when I turned in my rent + $200 late fee the man behind the desk made me wait while he opened the envelope and checked to see if the amount was correct. He told me it was fine so I thanked him for his time and left, thinking all was okay. They waited until 3 full days later to tell me about the 6.25, never admitting that the guy behind the desk had given me the wrong information and told me everything was okay, when it clearly wasn't. I had one business day to get it handled and I had a lot of important stuff going on that I had to put on hold bc of their incompetence. And yes, I will be writing to the higher ups to complain about it. To the poster who asked, I think I will write my next rent check in ******* dollars and goddamn cents. To all the trolls saying I'm trying to take advantage, I sincerely hope you never make an honest mistake after being sick in the hospital for 3 weeks.

Just gonna throw this out there. Anyone consider that rent could've been raised recently and op simply had a brain fart when they payed rent?