Hi there,
I have the same experience with CLV( commvesco Levinson-Viner Croup). They took all my stuffs in my old apartment and did the renovation without any notice.
What I did is first call the police, because they can write a report to verify that the stuffs were gone without broken the keys, second sue them on the housing tribunal. Since you are a student, you may find a free lawyer to help you there and at least you can inquire the office there to find out some suggestion. They will tell you what you should do step by step.
If your landlord told you that you damaged the apartment, don't worry, just wait. They will fix all the damages if the damages are not big problem because they want to do the renovation job soon and find new tanent as soon as possible. So if they can not support the damage on the hearing, they will not sue you for it , they just 威胁. CLV group did the same things to me. Even they can show the damage, they should prove the damage worth $1,000.
But I didn't totally win finally, because the judger said, both of us had the keys so ... ( I believe the judger had big problem in discrimination) But since I didn't hire a lawyer, so I didn't lost any thing, and got back some money
. If you are not very busy you can try.
If you go there, you may find some chance in negiociation before the hearing. They would say lots bad words, they would lie... They would play like bitch or the son of bitch. But don't be angry as me, thought about the suggestion they made. They might pay you money not as many as you ask, but you may take it and avoid going to the hearing.