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Originally Posted by Rockporter
Refuse to pay rent until he addresses and fixes the problem. You also report him to the housing authority and health department.
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Don't know about up there but here you cant refuse to pay rent because of things that need to be fixed.
If you take the legal route you will find yourself on the street because the landlord will refuse to renew your lease.
Nor can the landlord refuse to fix things because rent hasn't been paid.
In many cases the tenant just keeps paying the rent out of no choice while the house or apartment falls down around them.
You cant just up and break the lease because things aren't being fixed.
In every case you have to take legal action or you are screwed.
And you have to have proof when you go to court or when the health department shows up.
Seizure of property by the landlord can be different from state to state also.
In Texas the landlord cannot issue an eviction notice it has to be presented through the courts by an official.
One of my old slumlords sent his son over to basically rob my house while I was moving stuff into storage.
His son came in my house thinking I was gone moving belongings only to find himself looking down the barrel of a 12 gauge shotgun.
That man never knocked he just came in.
He was waiting for my truck to leave down the street.
No, refusing to pay rent is the wrong way to go.
It would be the same as refusing to pay taxes because of potholes in the streets.
Worth