Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania

I live in amity PA, we moved into our new place at end of May of this year and signed the lease to begin june of this year! since then out landlord was suppose to make several improvements to the house over the summer and has yet to do any of them. weve told him numerous times the new window he put in in the living room before we moved in is leaking and there is a base board heater right under it as well as outlets and our tv with electrical equipment, and somehow water comes in from under the house and soaks that area of carpet in a matter of minutes resulting in us having to use multiple towels during rainstorms..hes got a big hole in our backyard he keeps saying he will come fill in from back before we moved in there was a water main break and they had to dig up the yard and he never finished filling in that also poses risk for one of my kids to fall into. although its not very deep they could potentially break something if they were to fall into it by mistake. hes yet to replace the back door which isn't properly sealed and was fine over the summer because he said he was gonna take care of it and now with the cold weather setting in it gets very cold at night where we live and it lets the air in and heat out. weve expressed our concerns verbally many times and he promises to take care of it without results. weve tried calling over and over getting unanswered calls and leaving him voicemails that go ignored.. what are our rights I guess is my question, are we able to withhold rent until he makes the needed repairs?

Asked on 9/30/16, 9:18 am

John Davidson Law Office of John A. Davidson

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No you need to start making your complaints in writing so you can bring tm to court.

{John}

Answered on 9/30/16, 1:01 pm

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