Q: Someone killed themselves in the apt complex I stay at, do I have to pay rent?
I live in an apartment complex in Jacksonville FL where I saw on Friday night, someone getting gurney into an ambulance with a bullet hole in his head. His family was screaming and crying. I was up all night watching as police, ambulance and CIS came. It was a scene. Today I saw them cleaning it up in Hazmat suits. Wondering if this can excuse me from paying rent or getting out of my lease ASAP without paying. Haven't been able to sleep and just feeling a bad energy coming from this place.
A: No, you are still obligated to honor your lease.
A: To be clear, yes, you do have to pay rent, and no, [those circumstances will not "excuse [you] from paying rent or getting out of [your] lease". you are still obligated to honor your lease.
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