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

What do you do if the landlord won’t pay to repair a problem in your apartment? One man did something almost no one ever does, then he did something else that’s hardly unheard of, and finally he did what’s common, Call Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to sort through his legal mess.

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[shopliftingshame]

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

[buttercupj]

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 .

[davidretana]

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

[ImyrsOldBeNiceMe]

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

[mariangelysortega]

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.

[ffrreeddyy]

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.

[dianacassidy]

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
OMG I am so devastated!!!!
Single mom with no family 😢

[dasrubberduck]

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

[keyareajones]

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.

[kifkroker]

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!

[Miguel-ngwm]

Well not everyone has the money for legal advice. That advice at 2:30 probably costs 200 bucks.

[ryans]

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

[Jmpmaster]

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

[HEXPO]

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?

[dknowles]

its simple. dont pay rent untill the problem is fix. Danger put rent in a trust account and dont spend rent money as land lord may fix the Problem and want the rent money

[tiaalexandria]

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

[AnitaBonita]

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 🤷

[oddt.]

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

[ladylyonteeth]

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.”

[Dennis-ezyy]

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?