Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

For a quick resolution, contact the local housing authority. They often will intervene in landlord-tenant matters that involve basic code violations. If not, there is a procedure for making the repair yourself and deducting it from rent, but you must give written notice to the landlord, an opportunity for him to fix it, and the procedures are very, very specific. Search this forum as the procedure has previously been detailed (in terms of how many notices, the format they should take, etc...). Search for repair and deduct.

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