Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida

Can you withhold rent if your landlord does not fix what he said he was going to fix before you moved in the house or if he doesn't fix anything at all?


Asked on 5/24/11, 12:16 pm

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Thomas Rosenblum Rosenblum Law Offices

re: Your question on paying rent.....You can only withhold rent if the deficiency renders the place almost unlivable...it is called a constructive eviction. For example, if the air conditioner is broken...and it is 100 degrees out. a better example would be if there was no water supply. I have not researched this issue in a while, but I seem to remember, a Florida Statute on this stating that the tenant must put the rent into the Clerk of Court's account until there is a hearing before a Judge. Chapter 83 of our Statutes govern landlord tenant issues. Good luck.

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Answered on 5/25/11, 7:03 am


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