Roosevelt Estate    |    Aron/Rhonda    |    Sioux Falls    ,    South Dakota 57106    Landlord Complaint 23-9703

On 29th Jan, you received our first letter informing you that we wanted to move out as soon as possible because of the terrible molds and a rude tenant. You did dispatch a young man to make the molds invisible for a few days, but you did nothing to resolve the cause of the mold, like changing the leaky windows and repairing the wall insulation. And you did nothing to protect us from the molds. Later, we received a strict letter saying that we were responsible for 60 days notice. We knew the 60 days notice was a term in the leasing agreement we signed, which forced us to stay in the apartment with molds for another 60 days. Obviously, an apartment with molds for a long time cannot be called healthy. I have been suffering from itchy eyes and feeling depressed when I see the molds, and my daughter frequently has headache and diarrhea. We never had these symptoms before and I am sure all these are linked to molds since we have been exposed to molds for more than 2 months. Does the landlord have the right to force tenants to live in his rental property when it is no longer suitable for them to live? I cannot understand why the landlord insisted that we must be responsible for 60 days when he had already known the mold issue. We are tenants, not prisoners. Even if we were prisoners, we would still be entitled to living in a prison that wouldn\'t harm our health. The relationship between landlord and tenant is like the relationship between seller and buyer. , which the buyer pays money for good quality product. If buyer receives a defective item, he has the right to ask for a refund. In the same way, we pay rent for an apartment that won\'t harm our health. An apartment with molds is like a defective product, therefore, the landlord has no right to force us to be responsible for the 60 days and to force us to pay rent for an apartment with molds. I understand the landlord wants to make as many profits as possible. However, the money he earns shouldn\'t be at the price of tenants\' health.