Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Mississippi

Tenant Rights

I live downstairs and the tenant above me has (3) children approx ages from 11 to 5 who are left alone from teh time they get in from school (approx 3pm) until the mother gets home around 5:30-7:00 pm each evening.

The children run, bounce balls, throw each other against the walls, have other children in the apt who have climbed down the balcony when the mother has arrived home unexpectedly, I have notified the landlord, he has actually heard the noise while in my apt, my smoke detector has been knocked from the ceiling on (2) occasions, the landlord has 12-14 incident reports of the noise, the local police dept. has 8-9 reports.

I was advised by the local police dept. to file an affidavit against the mother which I did, the city judge said that since the mother was not creating the noise that I would have to file againt the children in youth court.

The lease signed by all tenants states that there will be ''immediate termination'' of the lease if a tenant impairs the right of peaceful enjoyment of the premises by the other residents.

What can I do to force the landlord to enforce the lease?

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