The Lease from Hell: How Toxic Landlords Weaponize Housing and Destroy Lives

What if your home was the thing that broke you?

In this raw and urgent memoir, Staysha Fisher exposes the dark underbelly of the rental housing system — where slumlords hide behind paperwork, and families are left paying the price. Through a series of increasingly shocking experiences, The Lease from Hell reveals how toxic landlords exploit legal loopholes, manipulate vulnerable tenants, and turn housing into a battlefield of power and silence.

From mold-infested walls to false accusations and retaliatory court filings, this is more than a personal story — it’s a survival manual for anyone who has ever been made to feel “lucky” to have a place to live. Fisher speaks for every tenant who was gaslit, blamed, or broken by the very people who were supposed to provide shelter.

Whether you’ve lived it, feared it, or never believed it could happen in America — this book will change the way you see housing forever.

You’re not imagining it.

You’re not alone.

And you deserve better.