Q: It has been raining in my apartment due to storm damage over a year. Where can I get help with a matter like this?
I (we) have reached out to many people about this. Other tenants have been to the mayor ,sheriff and health department as a group. No one will come. Not even a bad area. We are right beside an elementary school. The Health Department wont come just this week after a year of calling did I finally get to speak to him, still nothing. My ceiling finally collapsed about two weeks ago. It is and has been full of black mole.It made me sick. Thank God I have a vehicle to " BORROW". After I informed other tenants of the clear of present danger they're in, because ceiling is not done falling and as I said full of black mole. They first had me in a motel for a week never start working. I check out and go back to my apt the mngr comes a while later asking what was doing there she tells me I wasn't suppose to leave. But she didn't handle that right I feel.They then put me in a motel instead of a hotel. Way more to this story.pics and videos undeniable evidence.
A: If your apartment is uninhabitable and you have made the landlord aware and the landlord has failed to improve conditions and make the home habitable then you are allowed to break the lease and move. If you get sued by your former landlord for breaking the lease you will have a recognized defense. However, it will up to you to show that the home was uninhabitable when you left. There may be other steps you can take if the State is paying some of the rent for you via voucher or other means but, there is no cause of action in Alabama for a landlord failing to fix an apartment. your remedy is to move.
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