Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Iowa

i have lived at this apt.for ten months i moved in last june my two neighbors next to me have harrassed me nbeen completely rude and totally out of line the things they have done and now so is mngmnt co.they have caused me so much stress n tears and extreme anxiety unbelievable! anyways i rented from a private owner who sold property two mo.after i moved in he told them(neighbors)but did no good when he left sold to i dont know who but this mngmnt co.runs it they dont live onsite first the mngmnt co. didnt understand why he rented to me my past rental history is horrible when i was younger fifteen yrs was last eviction first my neighbors and i live on 2nd floor its a 12 plex we each have own fire route those two are in back of bldg.each of their apts have sliding doors onto back wooden deck the ladies is a one bedroom so shes in middle of bldg n her apt run from front to back her bdrm is in front of bldg.the guy and me have two bdrms on each corner my fire exit i go out my front door to right out door onto a small deck n down stairs in front which i was told i could put a chair n table the its runs along the front n same for otherside then their is a staircase we all use in hallway leads out frontdoor i moved here because i wanted a security bldg.i dont like people to be able to knock on my doori have never had the code to be able to buzz people in because they(mgt.co.)changed it n never gave to me so i run down n let my guests in my neighbors have cussed out everyperson n said rude shit to everyperson who has come here for me this is a smoking bldg.previos owner told me 8 units out of12 were smokers they constanly complain of my bsmoke which i only smoke a half pack aday always i put weatherstripping all around my door i have two big air purifiers which i run 24hrs aday and four airfreshners that spray automatically every ten min.plus theyre apts doors are quite a ways from mine. I was told not to use fire exit so i dont even i legally could because its not a fireescape only its a fire route n that door isnot a alarmed door,but they use daily take theyre dogs out and have keys i dont.they prop this door open everyday for hours they walk by my door hit my door hehas come stomping down the hall and banged on my door so hard for ?dont no what he bangs on my diningrooomwall(hard)randomly my goodness unbelievable crap theres so much im trying to keep it short anyway i am a single female 42yrs old i m a sever at two restraurants i work six days a week nights i dont have a car so i get ridesi keep different hours then them of course they have harrassed me so much im almost paranoid to leave my apt to go downstairs n do laundry(two flrs dwn)in basement.the mngmnt co. now is doing same shit after ownwe 1sold property 5/of 12 were vacant when i moved in i owed electric co. good amount of money so i just pd.him what i owed continued on w this up until fri. when they shut me off .3mo.s after i moved in i got sick missed almost 3 weeks of work i got behind on my rent,so i worked with this one lady who was nice they fired her n now i got this other lady i continued to pay my pymnt arrgnents which was easy for me cause i recieve cash daily so i droppped 200 A WEEK for 3 wk 140 last wk of mo.that includes the 40 latefee every mo.n then what ever my ectric bill was once they rented those units now they want me to move and have said so with my neighbors i dont watch tv or stereo,so 2mo. ago i owed them 300 for march last week of march n electric and of couse new mo 700 they filed to take me to court 9th which i was going to catch up by borrowing money from my mom n pay her back with my txes so they told me theyd dissmiss if i paid in full of course so i did no problem n i spoke to head guy for mngt co said now that im caught up may i continue paying way i been paying esier for me i dont mind paying latefee he said yes then called my mom n told her if im late again he is refiling and said i owed a additional 180 for latefees n she paid it first he should have taken up with me not her then he had her bring cash n gave her chcck back?she did get receipts but still so they dissmissed the court but still dont look good on my record currently so then its already 7th of month fri was the 5thi dropped 400.00 on the 3edn wouldve had the rest but thurs at 430they called my mom who has no say so n says my electric will be shut off if i dont call themso i call by this time its almost 5 n theyre gone n i was at work so i didnt leave a messsage i wake up fri no power so i had to take the 300 n pay old bill to be able put in myname they did that on purpose so iam without electric till mon morning and i lost a entire freezer n fridge full of food the mngmt companywas able to reach me by mail the day bfore to ntell me my neighbors complained about my nephew knocking on my apt. door late i was sleep n not exspecting company he got in because security door wasntclosed she accused me of giving out code to door which i dont have i just want to move i want my full deposit backbecause i npaid 700 security deposit n the blg not secured the previous owner said im entitled n i read that much under tenants rights so i ran a extention cord to hallway so i could look this up n charge my cellphone ,will i be introuble n that has to be illrgal the way theyre harrassing me to get me to move

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