The Texas balcony collapse attorneys at Denena & Points want you to know your rights to a safe and fit place to live. Section 92 of the Texas Property Code and the TX Attorney General’s website can provide you with good insight to your rights and your landlord’s responsibilities under the law.
For instance, as a tenant you have the right to a place free of any adverse condition that would materially affect your safety or health. A landlord that rents you a place to live essentially guarantees that the place is a fit place for you to live in quiet enjoyment of a safe and healthful environment.
A Texas renter that lives with an unsafe condition that the landlord won’t repair can go to the local Justice of the Peace to get a repair order against the landlord from the JP court. If the landlord still doesn’t repair the unsafe condition, you might have the right to end your lease. But you have to follow specific steps before you can validly end the lease. The Texas Attorney General’s website specifies the steps you can take and the remedies available to tenants suffering in unsafe leased properties.
See our Texas balcony collapse attorneys’ in-depth article on landlord responsibilities to learn more about what you can do if you’re living in an unsafe property.