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My Home was Burglarized 3 times in the last 2 months can I legally break my lease?
On March 23 a sunday while i was at work and my home was burglarized around 3pm by 2 juveniles 1 was caught by police they broke in through a window. I asked the landlord for burglar bars on windows and the doors and a security system he said he would be over on mon. to to have his security guy put in a system he didn’t make it mon. (i stayed home from sun. evening when i got off from work until tues) Mon. landlord still a no-show i left home tues. around 3pm (to pick up 8-month preg girlfriend from work) got home around 430 to find my home burglarized a 2nd time in 2 days this time the backdoor kicked off the hinges the landlord now has the security man out thurs and maintenance man out fri. putting in monitored alarm system and burglary bars on the back and side of the house windows and doors my home was burglarized again may 8th around 9pm front door kicked in landlord send MM around 8am he nail’s door to frame and promises it cant be kicked down i go and bump the door it falls in
You could legally break your lease if you could prove that your landlord was failing to provide a safe, livable condition on the property. It sounds like you might have trouble doing this, however. By calling to get security bars and alarms installed, your landlord is taking reasonable measures to ensure safety. It may not be working as well as you like and it may be taking longer than you want, but he is still doing it well within a reasonable period of time.
UPDATE: Please do not, as one person suggested, record a conversation with your landlord without his permission. Most states have laws making it a criminal offense to record a conversation without full knowledge and consent of both parties. These recordings are not admissible as evidence in court proceedings.
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