<prompt> Human: Ive been living at this apartment for a bit over a year 15 months and its been pretty great. Rent was a bit high, but most apartments in the suburb of north Dallas where I live this one, at the time, was cheaper than others nearby. Its also nice to live three or four blocks from work and not have to drive.New management took over back in February not a new management company, just new site mangers and theyre notably much less responsive and personable. Their maintenance requests take MUCH longer to be received, they dont e-mail about local events the way that the old ones used to, and they often forget to notify about packages delivered to the office. Mostly small things.They also raised rent prices around the same time; when I renewed my 12-month in February, it went up to a flat 1000.In March, they started a new promotion that allows community heroes including firemen, teachers, police, and others up to a 30 discount on their rent.Im a teacher. That discount would be huge for me.They are arguing that because I signed before the promotion took place, Im ineligible. When I press the issue, they just say its a corporate thing, and theres a police officer living here too asking the same thing, and were pulling for you guys, but and then more its a corporate thing.My reaction was simply to start writing a strongly-worded letter which Ive only begun so far, but I feel like there ought to be more I should do. Im willing to break my lease and just move elsewhere if I can find an apartment closeby thats cheaper, and would threaten that, although I dont feel like thatd make a difference.What might anybody here advise?  <response>: As others have stated, you have little leverage in this situation. BUT, reaching out to corporate is an option. Dont send a strongly worded letter, just a genuine inquiry of whether or not it is possible to get the discount due to you being a teacher. Youll see that nicer tones and asking politely will lead to better results versus strongly wording stuff. Ive reached out to corporate before in these situations, and have been pretty successful. 