Legal question.........there was a fire in the apartment above my apartment

Question

so because of the complex maintenance negligence a fire broke out in the walls of the apartment above mines causing my apartment water damage smoke damage etc. So now i'm forced into a one bedroom apartment my sister has renter's insurance and lucky i fall under her coverage because she was staying with me my problem I agree to move into the one bedroom as opposed to a hotel until my unites fixed etc but now the complex is trying to hurry me into signing a lease for the one bedroom i don't want and their asking me for rent for the one bedroom i have the rent but i don't feel i should pay for a one bedroom i didn't want.......my lease ends in Nov for the two bedroom that's now unusable what should i do????

Answer 1

talk to a lawyer

Answer 2

Personally, I would not come at this as a legal question. I would just find another place, move out and pay no more rent at the damaged place. Especially since the lease has only a couple of months to run anyway. Under these circumstances, it would be extraordinaly unlikely that your landlord would pursue you for breach of the lease (if it even is a breach).

Answer 3

You should let the know that you don't want a 1 bedroom apartment and if they can't put you back into a two bedroom you will move somewhere where they could accommodate what you need. It isn't a rocket scientist situation. They can't force you to sign the lease. That is the bottom line. Either they give you what you want or you move!

Answer 4

If the complex maintenance was negligent in taking care of the complex. I don't understand why after the fire you would want to stay. Take the opportunity to get out of the lease on the two bedroom and find a safer place to live.