:mad: HI, I broke my lease in Crystal River, Florida. I was sick from the day I moved in. There was black mold. My landlord has been forcing me to pay rent until December I moved in June. I lost all my deposits as well. Is there anyway to get out of this lease? I live in IL now paying a house payment and a rental.

Prior to moving, you needed to get an inspection by someone licensed to do mold studies, to see if the apartment was over the allowed levels.
There is some mold in every home almost, but there are health standards as to what air quality level is acceptable.

With that study, you could have put any lease money into an escrow account and asked for the mold to be fixed at once and any temp living expenses paid.

At this point, do you have access to the apartment ?

Next after you move out they are required to try and rent the apartment, have they done that ?

Once someone else moves in, you are under no obligation to pay.

It was good that you were able to find a house, and close on it while you were renting. So the landlord could assume or even try to show in court that it was you buying a home that made you want to break the lease.
** Just showing what they may do in court

You can't just up and leave. So you need to supply more info here. What steps did you take to get the landlord to rectify this situation? What steps did you take to document the situation? What notice did you give that you were moving?

The time to ask us for help was after you first moved in. We could have then told you how to break the lease legally. Now you may be stuck.

Hello k:

In Florida, a landlord is NOT required to mitigate your damages. That means he can just sit back and continue to collect rent on your empty apartment.

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