Something has gotten me angry

[Concillian]

The lease includes a clause "Landlord, where not required by law, may discontinue any facilities, amenities, gratuities or such services rendered by Landlord and furnished to several residents on a common basis, not expressly covenanted herein; it being understood that they constitute no part of the consideration for this Lease." They claim that free trash disposal was such a thing, and that they are discontinuing it. But the reality is that they are just charging for it, and it becomes a mandatory fee that I have not agreed to. Whether legal or not, it is a breech of trust from my point of view.

Ask to see a copy of the garbage bill. I bet it's more than #of units x $5. Only if it isn't can you really make any kind of legal case.

A breech of trust... maybe, but a landlord that big sees enough cases where the tenant trashes a place that he grows pretty cynical pretty fast. He likely already feels there isn't much trust there in the first place, so probably has few issues crapping on what trust there is. One guy jumping up and down yelling about $60 a year isn't going to phase him, only legitimate legal action will... in my opinion.