Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida

Reason to break lease
I signed a 12 month lease in January. 3 weeks after my daughter and I moved in we received a notice on our door of a ''peeping Tom'' in the community. Sure enough, about 3 weeks later my neighbor knocked on my door to inform me that she saw the man in question looking in my windows. (To make matters worse i had just finished taking a shower, ick.) Now my 12 year old daughter is having nightmares and is begging me to move as we had a similar experience at our home 4 years prior. The police have not caught this man and therefore becuase my apartment is on a public golf course I wish to break my lease immediately and move. This is a gated community but the gates are often broken and left open. In addition, anyone has access to the community because it is right on a public golf course. Can I get out of this lease without penalty?
Thank you.

Asked on 3/22/05, 6:29 am

David Slater David P. Slater, Esq.

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Re: Reason to break lease

Without written complaints and police reports, i doubt it.

Answered on 3/22/05, 6:32 am

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