Full question:
How can I break my lease without penalties if my wife is in fear of her safety at night in the apartment complex and my vehicles have been broken into 7 times?
- Category: Landlord Tenant
- Subcategory: Lease Termination
- Date:
- State: Colorado
Answer:
You may be able to terminate your lease without penalties if you can prove a breach of the warranty of habitability. This warranty requires landlords to provide safe and sanitary housing. If conditions in your apartment threaten your safety or well-being, this may violate the warranty.
To establish a breach, consider these factors: (1) the seriousness of the safety issues, (2) how long these issues have persisted, (3) whether you notified the landlord about the problems, (4) if the landlord could fix the issues in a reasonable time, and (5) whether the issues resulted from your conduct as a tenant.
To successfully claim a breach, you must show that you informed the landlord of the unsafe conditions, gave them a reasonable chance to address the issues, and that they failed to do so.
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