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California Debt Blog: Tenants May Be Able to Legally Withhold Rent in California

December 18, 2014 by Jonathan Stein

This is a riskier way of trying to get the property repaired. By law, a tenant is allowed to withhold some or all of the rent if the landlord does not fix serious defects. These defects must make the property uninhabitable. 

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