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The law requires your landlord to repair conditions that affect the physical health and safety of ordinary tenants. These could include things like roaches, rats, sewage leaks, roof leaks, faulty electrical wiring, and normal wear and tear to the unit (such as ripped carpeting or broken flooring).

This means your landlord cannot evict you without proper cause (most commonly nonpayment of rent) or otherwise disturb your right to live in peace and quiet. Your landlord must also protect you from any wrongful actions taken by other tenants. The right to health and safety in your home.

These could include things like roaches, rats, sewage leaks, roof leaks, faulty electrical wiring, and normal wear and tear to the unit (such as ripped carpeting or broken flooring). Landlords are not required to provide security guards.

The problem must either a) materially affect the physical health or safety of an ordinary tenant or b) arise from the landlord's failure to supply hot water at a minimum temperature of 120°F.

You can submit a complaint online, or you can call their office at (512) 463-2642 or toll-free (Texas only) at (888) 452-4778.

Rent withholding is illegal in Texas State law is very clear that tenants are not allowed to withhold rent to force a landlord to make repairs, even if the issue is major and falls under the implied warranty of habitability or the agreed-upon lease terms.

You do not have a right to withhold rent because the landlord fails to make repairs when the condition needing repair does not materially affect your physical health or safety. If you try this method, the landlord may file suit against you. § 92.058.

For most problems, landlords are required to have the problem fixed, or at least make a diligent effort toward doing so, within seven days of being notified of it. However, in situations that involve a lack of heating, air conditioning, or water, the landlord only has three days to fix the issue.

It says landlords should fix major problems within two weeks if they pose a threat to a tenant's health and security, such as a broken boiler in the depths of winter.

Your landlord should make a diligent effort to repair the problem within a reasonable time after receipt of the notice. The law presumes seven days to be a reasonable time, but the landlord can rebut this presumption.