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If you lease an apartment what are your rights to that apartment?

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Renter's Rights

Yes, you do have rights and they include the following:
  1. Your apartment must meet be safe and clean to live in. It must meet state and local building codes, housing codes, health requirements, zoning ordinances, etc.
  2. The appliances must work. Check the refrigerator, stove and garbage disposal if so equipped.
  3. The heat and air conditioning must work.
  4. The toilets and hot water heater must work. Run water to see if it gets hot. Flush the toilets for pressure.
  5. The door locks must work.
  6. The roof cannot leak. Look for stains on ceilings, inside closets and around the floors.
  7. The windows must work - they cannot be sealed shut, or inoperable.
  8. Outside pathways and porches must have working lights.
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