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In reply to the discussion: Landlords demand rent on flooded Houston homes [View all]Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)4. Tenant's Right to Break a Rental Lease in Texas
3. The Rental Unit Is Unsafe or Violates Texas Health or Safety Codes
If your landlord does not provide habitable housing under local and state housing codes, a court would probably conclude that you have been constructively evicted; this means that the landlord, by supplying unlivable housing, has for all practical purposes evicted you, so you have no further responsibility for the rent. Texas law (Tex. Prop Code Ann. § § 92.056, 92.0561) sets specific requirements for the procedures you must follow before moving out because of a major repair problem. The problem must be truly serious, such as the lack of heat or other essential service.
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/tenants-right-break-rental-lease-texas.html
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If the homes are uninhabitable, they cannot be rented out, so my guess is that the landlords
tblue37
Sep 2017
#6
Wonder how many of these landlords are absentee landlords living abroad? You know, all those
haveahart
Sep 2017
#11
The shit hole apartments in my city all seemed to be owned by people in California.
tammywammy
Sep 2017
#31