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Can a Ohio firehouse or court house withhold the rent when my landlord is breaching the contract?

Asked by bubu606 (10points) December 28th, 2010

I have been having issues with my landlord. She blocked my access to my parking spot in the driveway because she made a rule a couple of weeks ago that during snow no one can park in the driveway, (which I did not agree to and it was not in the lease). Then she turned off the dryer I have in my apartment (it is plugged in in a room that I don’t have access to) because she claimed that since the my dryer and her dryer can’t run at the same time, I can only use it during the weekend now. (In the lease she stated that she is providing a dryer). Recently it’s been snowing around where I live and there was water leaking into my wall, so I called her, but she was obviously out of town so she said the only thing I can do is to put bucket under where it leaks (isn’t this obsurd??!!)

Anyways, now I am looking into a way to get her to fix the problems and possibly get out of the lease, and I want her to take this seriously. I have heard that tenants can take the rent to a firehouse or a court house and they will withhold the rent for the tenants until the landlord fixes the problems.

Any ideas about is? Can I do it? Would it cost me a lot to do it?

Thanks guys!

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