My roommate/landlady says we have a "rent a room" situation, not a roommate arrangement. She uses this to bully me and have her way, constantly making me feel like an intruder in my own home. She also yells at me, and I mean yells, a lot. When she is not yelling, she is whining, haranguing, insulting and bullying.
She set this up without the knowledge or permission of the landlord. And when I had to call the police to come to the apartment (when she wielded a knife), they police said she could not do what she is doing. They said it was illegal. I thought I'd double check with you all.
In short, she is leasing a room of her apartment, with kitchen and bathroom privileges. (She constantly complains when I am in the kitchen, and refuses to let me keep my toiletries in the bathroom, if you can believe it. I never even had a mailbox key until I'd been there 2.5 years. She is excessively rude and hostile.)
The room is furnished, and I have use of her kitchen utensils. She supplied linens but I use my own, not hers.
Is she allowed to do this? Would a court recognize that we have anything more than a roommate situation?
By the way, I am taking steps to move out as soon as possible.
Thanks.
CitizenK