Go to the Landlord-Tenant Clerk’s office and fill out a court form called a Petition inSupport of an Order to Show Cause. If you can, bring your lease, rent receipts, utilitybills and mail addressed to you at your home. If the Judge signs the Order to Show Cause, you will get a court date a day or twoaway.f you have any case in Housing Court, you can ask the Clerk in the Landlord-TenantOffice or in the courtroom for a housing inspection. You will have to make a list of allthe repairs needed in your apartment and the public areas. If you do not list a problem,the inspector will not look at it.