Facing housing issues

We were on a month to month in a house from a private landlord. Our lease said 2 dogs could be inside the home. We have four dogs but two of them are registered as service animals and we have their papers. On June 29th, the landlord texted my boyfriend screenshots of a video of our living room which they got from my social media profile. They said that we voided the lease by having four dogs inside the home and two of them had to go outside. We made it clear to them that two of them were service animals and therefore not considered pets. They said that they didn’t care about that and if we didn’t agree we could give our 30 days. Not wanting to be homeless we agreed to put two of the dogs outside. The landlord in a text message said he would be to view the house on 7/5 but never specified a time.

On 7/2 the landlord came by to drop off a bale of hay which he had promised us in June when we moved in because they gave us the home in disgusting conditions. There was rat poop everywhere. The fridge had to be deep cleaned to be able to be up to health code. The home is not up to fire or electric code. The window screens are broken. We have noticed that the rat poop keeps happening and told them about it. But they said they do not plan on putting any money into repairs. When they dropped off the bale of hay, they could clearly hear that I had put two of the dogs outside as they requested of us.

On 7/4, at 11:57pm, my partner and I got a text message from the landlord. He said he was going to be coming by on 7/5 at 12pm. We told him this wouldn’t work for us as my partner has to work fire duty and we requested he come Monday around 6pm. I also informed him that legally, he did not give me 24 hour notice of his visit and he also contacted me at an unreasonable hour. He said that it wouldn’t work and he had to come by and could just talk to me. I asked what he needed to talk about and he said about the pet situation. Before I could reply my partner texted back and said that they are not pets and that we could sue him for that but that we are trying to be reasonable. The landlord said he would reach out for a better time then.

At 4pm today on 7/5, my landlord knocked on my door like he was the police. All loud and with authority and served me the 30 day notice. I told him I felt that it was in retaliation but he and his wife swear they just decided to go a different direction with the house. I did not believe him considering less than 24 hours ago he only wanted to come by to talk about the “pets”. I told him I would be suing him for discrimination, for the state of the home, etc, and that I have receipts.

I’m just so mad and frustrated because I’m new to this state and now we have to find somewhere else to go. The great thing about this property was that it was in the country side no neighbors near us and we could have our farm animals in the barn area. I submitted a complaint to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the housing discrimination and am trying to reach out to a lawyer.

We are going to buy a property and move out but god, I’m going to bury them in legal fees. Has this ever happened to anyone else?