What to do if the landlord won’t repair a problem in your apartment? Withhold rent from landlord?

Several people told me about my apartment having warped windows. The guy living above me told me about my furnace having water pouring out of it and they "fixed" it. Their way of fixing things is the cheap way....Like putting a bandaid over a bullet wound but leaving the bullet inside the wound...(Just an example)

My water issue from the furnace now has mushrooms sprouting inside my house around/behind the furnace. I've mentioned this furnace issue since October of 2023, and they haven't done anything to fix it when it was first brought to their attention.

And about the warped windows? Nothing...

What can I do to take legal action on this? Because I am giving up all hopes of this getting fixed....

I’ve had oil leaking from my washer for 2 years. Still no replacement or fix. My refrigerator constantly rattles and turns on and off so afraid to buy to much food. Nothing. Squirrels get in chimney every year and have to listen to them slowly die. Nothing

My apartment got molded landlord didn't wanna fix it made us move out with no help financially just our deposit from 10years ago!!! 600 bucks i need to sue him for every dime

I have a mold on my countertops in the kitchen, rotten counters around sink with black and green mold.

All the windows leak and have mold all around them. The ac had a deal lizard in the ac vent above the stove. The smell is horrible. We have been in the ER 3 times and four times to urgent care.

Management, also came in today and had a repair guy come in and disarm our alarm. We have sent three certified letter, over 50 photos.

The city is now involved and has promised to make dangerous sure the owner and manager are held accountable. We also spoke with the city regarding retaliation and they said this situation will be well documented and would not allow that to happen. It helps that we have a good relationship with the city and the employees there.

The landlord had a mouse infestation and vacuumed the place with a bagless vacuum, aerosolizing the mouse dropping and urine. Now the entire place is so bad, you can’t go in without wearing a gas mask. Don’t sit on the couch because there’s little mouse pellets there. Don’t sit on the fabric covered kitchen chairs, they’re soaked in mouse urine. The landlord says, you cannot get out of lease, even though you can’t live there. He says, “So a little mouse came in out of the cold. That’s just normal.”

Going through this right now. Now the landlord want to evict me for being one month late when i paid literally 75% of the rent but didnt pay the rest because they never cane and repaired anything like my roof that leaks. Plus i got a newborn.

Why is it the same problems all the time?🤡scam artists

I'm so happy that you even got $1400 on extra! For once the little guy wins!
Oh, and thx to mr reporter who made it all happen!

When I rented my landlord would not fix my hardwood that buckled from there sprinkler system. I told her twice that when they run those underground sprinklers water comes up from the floor. I had a basement apartment. I showed her the damage and she said id just have to live with it. Next summer it happened again even worse now. My furniture was getting wet. And I don’t expect the landlord to replace my furniture but I expected her to fix the dam sprinkler system and stop using it because there obviously a leak underground somewhere. I even told her use my security deposit to fix the floor and she still didn’t do anything now I moved all my furniture out of that room and a few months later I moved out. Like I found the whole situation stupid I brought up a concern water intrusion and they ignored me and continued to use the faulty sprinkler system

I’m disabled and I finally got my benefits to get a home of my own and unfortunately I don’t, yet, have the credit to get a better place. My kitchen light doesn’t work, the fridge died, there are leaks when it rains, the front door floods. I’ve shown the vids and pictures to my landlord and he keeps giving me the run around. I can’t afford to move, I’m stuck. Where do you go in Tennessee to get help when you’ve got a no account landlord? Also he’s asked me to watch the property for security and other things but won’t fix a thing or go down on the rent. It’s ridiculous

It’s crazy how long it takes to even get a response from these two @patric @HelpMeHaward

My landlord wouldn’t fix my garage door. Was open for 6 years. I put my rent in escrow. Now I’m evicted. She came over today and had everything measured too fix. For her next tenant. Cunt.

i need to more information on this 7 day letter

My landlord took one apartment and divided it into two units studio. I have the electrical box in my unit. Every time a socket blows out in the other unit, they have to come to my unit to turn it back on. Unfortunately their socket blew out and no one was home in my unit. They call the landlord and the landlord took it upon himself to come in the house with no notice and turned on their switch. Landlord threatened to evict both of us because we don't talk to each other. I told him this is not a tenant problem it's a landlord electrical problem. Can I actually be evicted over this problem 🤷

I have inspection march 14 2023 i’ve been waiting close to a year to get things fixed but every time I report to the office they never come to fix it my bathroom sink leaks kitchen sink garbage disposal don’t work they pull the plumbing apart t and walked out and told me not to touch it and they never came back when I went down to the office and when I told them show pictures and video and they still hasn’t come yet to fix it and I called them Saturday afternoon and left him them message and still hasn’t came to fix it I told them Multiple times This is in Antioch Tennessee

And as a landlord, I will add that any good lease states that if the property is uninhabitable, the lease may be terminated. This guy is an ass for staying there, and that is the truth.

Its the same story always Landlord's love to raise rent but not renovate , just some advice out their anyone wanting to become a Landlord you have to realize that not everything is going to be Sunshine and Rainbows if your going into this business you have to realize the risks that come with Being a Landlord . What people don't realize is that their is risk that comes with being a Landlord its not just about building

That’s easy move and take the floor with you

Can I withhold my rent money if my apartment has no fire alarm, has mold and the heaters don’t heat properly?

is there a notice for Georgia? we've had a leaky shower for over 6 months and we call maintenance and every time they come they just say that they need to order an item...how haven't they ordered the item needed after months of request?

We live in a place where our landlord won’t replace our fridge they wanted to give us the old fridge me and my bf and the heat doesn’t work properly where we live me and my bf are planning on moving asap

I haven't had hot water in my shower in weeks.

"I can sell a black man a book."

So you just literally insulted yourself. Man self hate is crazy.

I would have sued him and and put a.lean on the property and start foreclosure proceedings!!

i told my landlord about my BROKEN sink since the beginning of this month and they said theyd put a work order in and never did, told them again and they asked what apt number and i told them. Still nothing, ive been having to wash my damn dishes in mixing bowls with water in one and soapy water in the other bc i dont want to take them to the bathroom. im getting so damn tired of the situation ive told them like 4 times already and im scared to sue or withhold rent since this is my first apt and im only 19. i really dont know what to do anymore.

Can I refuse rent because landlord won’t handle violent neighbors. I was assaulted by neighbor and I got a concussion over my property getting damaged by this neighbor. Cops won’t do anything. I did defend myself but the cops see it as I hit him first so I’m at fault! WTF!

OMG

My pictures disappear

Anarchy

Here in Ohio if you do something like that the landlord will kick you out the very next month I have my mailbox broken off I've told my landlord they won't fix it now I have to go to the Post office to get my mail and I'm already not working and disabled I don't have the money for this but at the same time if I were to have it fixed and deduct it from my rent my landlord would kick me out the very next month because it's a month to month lease. Even if the money went into rent escrow they can keep your landlord from kicking you out for a certain period of time but here's the catch at the end of that time you will be kicked out and there's not a thing you can do about it the landlord don't even have to give a reason why they want you to move. Any advice on what I can do without getting kicked out the next month for doing it?

My landlord is terrible! I paid rent in February, March didn't move in until End of March waiting for repairs promised to be fixed.... July nothing repaired and told my landlord in withholding rent until he fixes things.... He told me he didn't have the money and to MOVE!!!!!
OMG I am so devastated!!!!
Single mom with no family 😢

No shower facilities for 5 weeks will stop paying rent at this rate also faulty esb switches and double esb bills I can't even take a shower. I hate baths as I've history of fainting but the shower was needed

I’m about to call the news on my landlord if he keeps flaking on me.

"You'll get your rent when you fix this DAMN DOOR!" -Spider guy

Help that guy get his money back good job 👏🏽

Don’t pay for crap service period regardless of that service

I’m genuinely happy that he got a happy ending.

You can go to court and put your rent payments in a rent escrow account until your landlord makes the necessary repairs it's the proper legal way to do it if you just don't pay rent it will be used against the tenant .

Don't pay and sue the Fuk outta them.

Sigh this happened to me (ceiling leaking in kitchen) but I didn't fix it and I didn't stop paying rent. It took over a year to get it fixed - only when the ceiling was threatening to collapse. Turns out my upstairs neighbor was doing alterations on their bathtub which caused a leak in my apartment. Sigh, I wish I witheld rent. Took the plumbers like 30 minutes to fix after the leak inspector was finally called (he was in and out on like 10 mins). Sucks but live and learn. Glad this story had a good outcome!

My boyfriend complained to the landlord about a noisy neighbor, and he was at the complex 10 minutes later 😐 Idk what happened next, but the noise went down and the landlord kept the complaint anonymous.

did he say " I can sell a black man a book"???? 🤣🤣🤣

There are bad landlords and bad tenants out there. Both are wrong. Tenants who don't pay are squatters. Landlords who don't offer essential repairs are slumlords. Glad they were able to come to a civil agreement here but the real problem is the courts take so long, it's pointless to go through the legal system.

I'm a landlord and a leaky roof is a MUST FIX on the landlord's part.

Anyone else think that it was Daniel Cormier

Our landlord is the best (my old one was grand too) they repair things that are broken which isn’t rare and they don’t give a fuss about questions why. It’s an old place so it’s not that great but they’re happy to slowly improve it which is phenomenal.

My landlord says she can’t afford to repair anything. And the floor is kinda splitting

Shitty landlord. Ugh. I'd have ripped up the floor I installed, and just left. There's so very little renter protection in the US.

Put a lean on the property for your money