Can I break my lease due to lack of safety?

Question

I live in Texas and rent, after numerous complaints about the so-called safety precautions being inadequite (people bypassing the gate system, wild parties, fights) the management is ignoring me, can i file a complaint somewhere?

Answer 1

There is a state or local housing authority. Contact them

Answer 2

Yes, we have rights just like the landlords do.
I would call your local county clerks office and ask them what to do and where to go. That would be where I would start.

Take pictures of the gate system that gets bypassed and document the wild parties and fights.

Get all the proper proof that you have proving that this is a unsafe enviornment and depending on your state laws the tenant might be evicted or you can terminate your lease.

The most important thing is PROOF, documentation..

Answer 3

Bummer about your situation. However, unless you have documented your consistant complaints, if you move out before the lease is up, you are the one in violation of the lease and will be responsible for rent. START DOCUMENTING and PUT YOUR COMPLAINTS IN WRITING - send them to the management certified and keep your records. In the meantime, contact your county housing authority and file a legal complaint through them. Hurry up and get the ball rolling.

Answer 4

You should be able to file a complaint to the court system that your tenant is not holding up his or her portion of the contract. Otherwise just move out, the only thing that you will really have to worry about (in most cases) is that you will just have to pay an additional month of rent. Look in your contract to see what it says about terminating your lease.

Answer 5

check with your county clerks office and see what ordiances they have in affect and go from there.