Q: Someone broke into my apartment, do I have grounds to leave my lease since they knew the lock was broken 4 weeks ago?
there are 6 months left on my 13 month lease
I told the office that my lock was broken 4 weeks ago, and they sent someone to fix it. The maintenance man looked at the lock, agreed that it was broken, and then never fixed it. He said he was waiting on a part, but everyone I spoke to in the office was shocked that the lock wasn't fixed yet. I have a copy of the work order requesting it be fixed from 4/09/2016.
I'm not sure what the lease says about locks, but I know the complex is responsible for repairs and when I did some reading about tenant law chapter 83.51 the landlord has obligations to maintain basic parts of the property like locks, and spraying for bugs.
A:
Not in my opinion.
What does the lease say about a lock? Did you inform the landlord that the lock was broken and ask that they have it fixed?
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