I have a question about tenant rights I such as landlord lease violation and safe living conditions, Arkansas, Well my

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The first issue with the security deposit, Any failure to pay any amount under the lease is a breach of the lease.  a Lease is a contract and failure to adhere to it is a breach.  Even if it is the security deposit. There is ample case law on that issue.

In Arkansas, tenants rent properties “as-is.” Any repairs they feel are necessary to make the dwelling habitable should be added to the rental agreement and agreed to by the landlord in writing, as well as an agreed-upon time to complete the repairs.

It’s up to the renter to contact their local government if they believe the rental property has not been maintained up to the locale’s housing codes.

If a landlord fails to make repairs that have been written into the lease agreement, or agreed to in writing after the tenant moves in, their tenant is given the following options:

• Withhold rent – In Arkansas, even if the landlord has failed to make any repairs, tenants are still legally obligated to keep paying rent.


• Repair and deduct – Tenants do not have the right to deduct repair costs from the following month’s rent.


• Lawsuit – Tenants have the right to bring an action against a landlord for failing to keep the unit in a habitable condition given that conditions for repair were written in the lease.


• Moving out – If a landlord refuses or fails to make repairs, the tenant can declare the lease terminated and leave.


• Reporting to Public Officials -If the current living conditions pose any immediate health risk, tenants may contact local health inspectors.

So you do have a few options here. Your first move is to contact local code enforcement to come to inspect and bright up the landlord.   Then you should go hire a local band or tenant lawyer to draft a notice to the landlord to repair the issue or else you will be moving out.

You can find a highly-rated local lawyer on a lawyer review site like Avvo.com for your city. You can also use https://find.lawyer.com/justanswer.php?1 which will get you a free consultation as well as 25% off legal fees for being a JustAnswer member. If you cannot afford a lawyer and are low/no income, then you can search your county legal aid office on Google for their contact information and contact them for some free legal help.

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"I’m sorry to hear about your issues here, hopefully, we can get them solved quickly.

The first issue with the security deposit, Any failure to pay any amount under the lease is a breach of the lease.  a Lease is a contract and failure to adhere to it is a breach.  Even if it is the security deposit. There is ample case law on that issue.

In Arkansas, tenants rent properties “as-is.” Any repairs they feel are necessary to make the dwelling habitable should be added to the rental agreement and agreed to by the landlord in writing, as well as an agreed-upon time to complete the repairs.

It’s up to the renter to contact their local government if they believe the rental property has not been maintained up to the locale’s housing codes.

If a landlord fails to make repairs that have been written into the lease agreement or agreed to in writing after the tenant moves in, their tenant is given the following options:

• Withhold rent – In Arkansas, even if the landlord has failed to make any repairs, tenants are still legally obligated to keep paying rent.


• Repair and deduct – Tenants do not have the right to deduct repair costs from the following month’s rent.


• Lawsuit – Tenants have the right to bring an action against a landlord for failing to keep the unit in a habitable condition given that conditions for repair were written in the lease.


• Moving out – If a landlord refuses or fails to make repairs, the tenant can declare the lease terminated and leave.


• Reporting to Public Officials -If the current living conditions pose any immediate health risk, tenants may contact local health inspectors.

So you do have a few options here. Your first move is to contact local code enforcement to come to inspect and bright up the landlord.   Then you should go hire a local band or tenant lawyer to draft a notice to the landlord to repair the issue or else you will be moving out.

You can find a highly-rated local lawyer on a lawyer review site like Avvo.com for your city. You can also use https://find.lawyer.com/justanswer.php?1 which will get you a free consultation as well as 25% off legal fees for being a JustAnswer member. If you cannot afford a lawyer and are low/no income, then you can search your county legal aid office on Google for their contact information and contact them for some free legal help."

Great.  Does that answer your question?

That depends on the exact wording which I cannot review here.

If it required 2 payments, one in October, then in 6 days you are in breach after midnight the 31st passes.

Contact your city code enforcement office, they do local housing inspections.

Sounds disgusting.  But you do have a way out.  Call city code and get a report and then take that you a local lawyer to terminate your lease.

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Possibly if you can prove that they knew of the issue and did not disclose it. That is something to go over with your local lawyer as to your remedies here and what you can get.

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You can find a highly-rated local lawyer on a lawyer review site like Avvo.com for your city. You can also use https://find.lawyer.com/justanswer.php?1 which will get you a free consultation as well as 25% off legal fees for being a JustAnswer member. If you cannot afford a lawyer and are low/no income, then you can search your county legal aid office on Google for their contact information and contact them for some free legal help.

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I do wish you luck as I do indeed have other customers waiting too.

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