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Sounds like a quick fix for about $100.00 I would have it fixed and deduct that amount from my rent, guaranteed if the landlord decides to take you to Court the Judge will throw him out. Tenant/ landlord Laws are 100% for the tenant.
This kid sounds REALLY young so I guess this is a hard lessoned learned: Get receipts for EVERY THING. (You get receipts at every place you shop, get medical attention at and eat at, why not where you live--that's the MOST IMPORTANT)
That said, I have a LL that I was told by the Mrs, "Would think nothing of throwing me out on the street" if he had to. I said, "He'll go to jail". the Mrs said, "He doesn't care, when he wants something he wants it". !!!!!!! LOL
I almost got into it w/ him when I first moved in (3 yrs ago). and he said "My house my rules". Um, excuse me?
While I know Landlord/Tenant law is more for the tenant, I make sure I play by the rules to a "T". So if anything ever were to happen I'd have that as backup. I know what I'm responsible for and I know what he is responsible for. It's the only way to play the game fairly.
Why are you breaking the law? Did you not know the apartment was illegal? Move out, find a legal apartment.
You going to pay his rent? Legal apartments are always more money because the owner is paying taxes on it. It's also more money because a tenant always pays some or all utilities. When one lives paycheck to paycheck there is no money for all that. What about the mentally challenged young man who is able enough to live on his own but not smart enough to be a dr. or lawyer? He works menial blue collar jobs, lives paycheck to paycheck and lives in someone's basement studio apartment with his ailing 80 year old mother? Thankfully the owners of the house are good people and look out for him. There are far more people in this type of position than you know or care to think about. Life is not all rainbows and kittens.
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