https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/landlord-ignores-valet-request-constantly-0 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/landlord-ignores-valet-request-constantly-0#comment-31375 Thu, 26 May 2011 22:34:58 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/renter?p=3095#comment-31375 If you believe that your landlady is responsible for the repairs under the implied warranty of habitability, you should notify her. Must specifically describe the damage and the required repairs in both the phone call and the letter. Date the letter and keep a copy to show that notice was given and what it said. When you gives notice by e-mail or fax, follow up with a letter. Keep a copy of the notice or some other evidence that it was delivered. If she doesn’t make the requested repairs and doesn’t have a good reason for not doing so, you may have a remedy. By law, a tenant is allowed to withhold (stop paying) some or all of the rent if the landlord does not fix serious defects that violate the implied warranty of habitability. You will need evidence of the defects that require repair. In the event of a court action, it is helpful to have photographs or videos, witnesses, and copies of letters informing the landlord of the problem. So, before you withholds rent, it is a good idea to check with a legal aid organization, lawyer, housing clinic or tenant program to help determine if rent withholding is the appropriate remedy.

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