Housing issues / eviction

Generally, a landlord may have a legal duty to ensure that his/her tenants have safe and sanitary living conditions. This duty, sometimes referred to as a warranty of habitability, may require a landlord to repair certain conditions that are dangerous or unsanitary for his/her tenants. In some circumstances, a tenant may be able to ask a court to reduce or waive any rent owed if the landlord’s failure to satisfy this duty has created unlivable conditions. I cannot say whether or not your landlord may have violated the warranty of habitability or other duty they owe to their tenants. A lawyer who specializes in landlord/tenant law may be able to offer more information and advice about this. While our website does not have any information on landlord/tenant law, I found more information on landlord/tenant rights available from LawHelp.org. WomensLaw.org is not affiliated with this website, but you may want to read over its information on the warranty of habitability and other issues of landlord/tenant law in STATE: NOTE - PLEASE go to lawhelp.org to find a link to housing-and-tenants-rights or see if there is another legal aid or legal services in her state that has the info AND ADD LINK]