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Can you legally withhold the rent in Texas due to landlord not maintaining property such as 2 broken windows since hurricane Ike almost 3 months ago?
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No, you cannot withhold rent. You can write a letter asking the windows get repaired, then if they are not repaired in two weeks, let them know you will be getting them fixed yourself. Hire a professional for the job, pay them and give the reciepts to the landlord with the rest of the rent money. Just because the windows are broken does not mean you can live for free. You are still there, so there is still value.
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write landlord a letter stating all of this information. make 3 copies; 1 for landlord, 1 for yourself, and 1 for the landlord and tenant association in your area. in this letter state that you would like this done with in the next 3 months( which is more than enough time to replace windows and other such repairs) with this copy sent to the landlord and tenant assoc. they can have you hive then the rent money and they can legally withhold this unless the reapirs are done. contact this agency first to get any addditional info that you may need.
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Generally speaking, a tenant does not become such until he has been handed the keys to his dwelling. If the landlord has not received his first month's payment, this is the same as in not receiving the rent, which is payable in advance. Therefore the landlord does have the right to withhold the key.
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