EXPERIENCED LANDLORD/TENANT ATTORNEY
JACQUELINE A. SALCINES, ESQ.
Anyone who rents a dwelling in Florida is covered under Florida Statutes Chapter 83. In addition to any responsibilities given to the tenant under the written lease, the tenant has additional responsibilities under the law:
TENANT OBLIGATIONS
- To ensure that you do nothing that causes the landlord to be in violation of any building housing or health code
- To keep the premises clean and sanitary.
- To operate all electrical, plumbing, hearing, air conditioning and other appliances in a reasonable manner.
- Not to destroy or remove any of landlord’s property.
- To conduct yourself and those that visit you so that you do not disturb others and,
- To allow the landlord entrance for inspection or emergency.
LANDLORD OBLIGATIONS
- Roof must not leak;
- The walls must be water and weather tight;
- The stairs must be safe;
- Windows and doors must be weather tight and rodent proof;
- Outside doors must have proper locks;
- Windows can not have cracks or holes;
- Inside floors, ceilings and walls must be in good repair,
- Must have hot water;
- Must have working water and flushing toilet;
- Good working condition of heating and electrical
Any violation of the above requires notice to the Landlord if landlord breach, or tenant if tenant breach.
A landlord can not evict a tenant because the tenant is complaining of the property being in disrepair. This is called retaliatory eviction and is not tolerated by the courts.
A landlord can not cut off water or electrical to the tenant merely because they have stopped paying rent.
Evictions are expensive and time consuming. And often, issues that arise can be resolved out of court.
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