K I really need some advice if anyone knows...I rent a room in a house ..The landlord is the owner and lives there too....He let the power get shut off 3 days now as of tomorrow....Is there anyone I can report him to???? I pay him 200 a month,ON TIME AND HAVE RECIEPTS and he shouldve paid his bill but he is a drinker so I am sure he spends it on beer.WHAT CAN I DO? WHO CAN I CALL TO REPORT HIM FOR NOT HAVING THE POWER TURNED BACK ON AND HE HAS TENANTS!! PLS ANYONE SUGGESTIONS PLS..I AM SOO ANGRY ABOUT THIS!!! (im in Florida)
I'm sorry to hear about your predicament. That would make me very angry too! Is that part of your rental agreement, for him to pay the power bill? I found this link that may or may not be helpful.
https://www.800helpfla.com/landlord_text.html
I also found this:
The 2013 Florida Statutes
Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Chapter 83
LANDLORD AND TENANT View Entire Chapter
83.201 Notice to landlord of failure to maintain or repair, rendering premises wholly untenantable; right to withhold rent.—When the lease is silent on the procedure to be followed to effect repair or maintenance and the payment of rent relating thereto, yet affirmatively and expressly places the obligation for same upon the landlord, and the landlord has failed or refused to do so, rendering the leased premises wholly untenantable, the tenant may withhold rent after notice to the landlord. The tenant shall serve the landlord, in the manner prescribed by s. 83.20(3), with a written notice declaring the premises to be wholly untenantable, giving the landlord at least 20 days to make the specifically described repair or maintenance, and stating that the tenant will withhold the rent for the next rental period and thereafter until the repair or maintenance has been performed. The lease may provide for a longer period of time for repair or maintenance. Once the landlord has completed the repair or maintenance, the tenant shall pay the landlord the amounts of rent withheld. If the landlord does not complete the repair or maintenance in the allotted time, the parties may extend the time by written agreement or the tenant may abandon the premises, retain the amounts of rent withheld, terminate the lease, and avoid any liability for future rent or charges under the lease. This section is cumulative to other existing remedies, and this section does not prevent any tenant from exercising his or her other remedies.
https://archive.flsenate.gov/Statut...ord&URL=0000-0099/0083/Sections/0083.201.html
I would give him written notice (have witness sign and make a couple of copies) and serve the paperwork to your landlord of your intent to withhold rent until the power bill is paid.
