It is now seven days without heat and counting, my landlord started to tell me why it couldn't be fixed tomorrow, I told him that it had to be fixed tomorrow or "something was going to happen". What I should have said was it had to be fixe

[Nev]

<div style='font: 10pt ; text-align: left; '>It is now seven days without heat and counting, my landlord started to tell me why it couldn't be fixed tomorrow, I told him that it had to be fixed tomorrow or "something was going to happen". What I should have said was it had to be fixed tomorrow or I'm taking legal action.</div>

[Nev]

<div style='font: 10pt ; text-align: left; '>Hmmm, apparently the tenant/landlord agreement says I'm entitled to withhold rent. Which gets paid next on the first. How the hell is that supposed to help? I guess the expected thing to do is make the repairs myself and take them out of the rent, except that due to Christmas I can't afford it.</div>

[Zeus]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Tell him to buy you a couple of block heaters to use in the meantime or you're withholding rent, as is your right in the tenant agreement</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Nah. Much better to leave slitting his throat out there as a possibility.</div>

[SineSwiper]

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.dca.ca.gov/legal/landlordboo ... rdbook/</a>

Which agreement? State law or your contract? Look at your state law. Here. Read this.</div>