https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/health-hazard Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/health-hazard#comment-5800 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:04:51 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/renter?p=325#comment-5800 Normally, such infestations are not the responsibility of the landlord. Infestations are typically linked to the way tenants live. IE: a dirty or unkept home will provide better shelter and hiding places for spiders etc. However, the fly infestation of your rental is probably not necessarily an indicator or your lifestyle.
I would urge caution when talking with the housing authority. If they prove the rental is unfit to live in, you will be forced to move AND all funding will stop until a new apartment is found. The health inspector will not communicate with the housing authority, so you should be safe to request an inspection from the health department. Although be prepared. By going to these extremes you may actually prove that the unit is still habitable and not the responsibility of management to spray for pest, or worse you can prove that the rental unit is not habitable which can require you to vacate immediately. Neither of those options seem good to me. Be careful, you may just be opening a can of worms!!

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