Friday, January 13, 2012

Evicted from apt. landlord failed to keep up their end...?

so heres the story, sorry if its long... im 21 weeks pregnant, and at the begining of the winter we discovered mold growing on our carpet by the patio door. lots of mold, orange and black and fuzzy.. and gross. it was happening because the patio door is shot, and ice builds up, about an inch or two thick, and 3 inches or so wide, all around the door frame. whent the ice melts, usually on sunny days, the carpet is soaked, and became moldy. we told our landlords about it right away, the first day we noticed it. they stalled and stalled, and gave excuse after excuse. finally they came and looked at it (just hardly glanced) and said they would get back to us in a week with a solution. ie. new carpet, new door, whatever. 3 weeks later, no answer. i called them and they said it would take 6 months to come up with a solution! our lease, and the landord tennant handbook states that the landlord needs to fix repairs that are health hazardous within a timely manner. knowing that im pregnant and that the mold is a health issue, they keep stalling. we told them we are holding the rent until its fixed. rent was due on the 5th. we got a notice on the 7th saying we were being evicted and need to vacate within 3 DAYS!!! so we are moving out. are we in the right here? ive already had the fire dept inspecters in here, and they told us the same thing...wait... we're not paying the rent, and we;re moving out. if we go to court, can anyone predict the outcome?

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