r/Renters is a subreddit with 170k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses landlord, lease, rent, maintenance, and security deposit, and they frequently recommend/review renters insurance, security cameras, and cameras.
This is a subreddit for tenants to help each other with landlords situations such as legal responsibilities and your rights as a tenant.
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Popular Themes in r/Renters
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Am I crazy for refusing to move into this new apartment (Uptown, Minneapolis, MN)?"
31 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "[Houston] What's that cheap paint landlords use?"
30 posts
Popular Topics in r/Renters
#1
Landlord
: "*Update* Landlord wants to charge me for someone trying to break into my window. {ND}"
177 posts
#2
Lease
: "Landlord wants me to re-sign Lease because of an “error” … (NJ)"
62 posts
#3
Rent
: "Rent being raised mid-lease [FL]"
36 posts
#4
Maintenance
: "[IL] Maintenance tried breaking into garage without permission."
29 posts
#5
Security Deposit
: "[CA], Management has been MIA about Security Deposit return and has been a month now since move out"
29 posts
#6
Annoying
24 posts
#7
Eviction
: "UPDATE: Landlord is trying to evict me after I told him that I will be appealing his unreasonable 15% rent increase (CA, Manitoba)"
16 posts
#8
Repairs
: "[WI] Can I ask money off rent for Repairs not completed?"
13 posts
#9
Move Out
: "Complex charging me for ridiculous claims after Move Out and now ignoring me (Ames, Iowa)"
12 posts
#10
Worst
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/Renters
Renters Insurance
9 reviews
#1
State Farm
3.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Lemonade
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Renter's Insurance
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Security Cameras
4 reviews
#1
Arlo
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Vicohome
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Ring
5.0★ from 1 review
Cameras
3 reviews
#1
Remo+
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
EOJO
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Vicohome
4.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/Renters
Yearly
+48k members(39.1%)
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Last updated: June 13, 2026