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We moved into the house we rent 2 years ago. (I live in Ohio.) Our landlord gave us the lease agreement to fill out (something that was printed on-line), but never signed it or gave us a copy of it. He just gave us a typed up letter to raise our rent from $450.00 to $500.00. The raise is fine and has been the first one since April of 06. He also receives rent from 2 other people that live with us. $80.00 a month for them. We still do not have a lease agreement for the new amount. Last night, after my boyfriend noticed he was going through our garbage, our landlord came over and complained that he asked one of the other people that live with us to keep our cans (i.e. pop, beer, etc.) so that he can take the cans to get the money for recycling them. We put our cans in the recycling bins provided by the company that comes and picks up the trash. He noticed that a few cans were actually thrown away in the garbage. He said he has the right to raise our rent $50.00 if he sees more cans in the garbage as opposed to our recycling bins or giving them directly to him. Des he have a right to raise the rent just because we do not hand him the cans and just put them in our recycling bins or if he notices that a can might have been thrown away in the regular garbage. (We can not watch like a hawk where company may throw a can away at or anything.) We have decided that it is time to move, but it just bugs me. Also, who is responsible to pay water? Is that the landlord or tenant?