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goddamnedfrank5/01/2018 6:07:12 pm PDT

re: #36 Stanley Sea

No other condo. All individually owned. I rent. They are holding me to my lease in order to recoup the lost rent to the fullest.

One more thing. Their claim is under the small claims court limit, which means you really have little to fear. Worst case scenario is a judgement for the amount they want anyway so I say fuck ‘em and their lease. I very much doubt they want to explain to a small claims judge why you owe them for rent on an uninhabitable apartment. California law is on your side here:

CIVIL CODE - CIV
DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427 - 3272.9] ( Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 14. )
PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738 - 3273] ( Part 4 enacted 1872. )
TITLE 5. HIRING [1925 - 1997.270] ( Title 5 enacted 1872. )

CHAPTER 2. Hiring of Real Property [1940 - 1954.05] ( Chapter 2 enacted 1872. )

1942.
(a) If within a reasonable time after written or oral notice to the landlord or his agent, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1962, of dilapidations rendering the premises untenantable which the landlord ought to repair, the landlord neglects to do so, the tenant may repair the same himself where the cost of such repairs does not require an expenditure more than one month’s rent of the premises and deduct the expenses of such repairs from the rent when due, or the tenant may vacate the premises, in which case the tenant shall be discharged from further payment of rent, or performance of other conditions as of the date of vacating the premises. This remedy shall not be available to the tenant more than twice in any 12-month period.