MeTa post: This answer is terrible, unsupported, and if the...

I advised withholding rent too. I've done it in both the US and the UK and it worked. I never got evicted and I got the water heater and stove fixed. Besides which a) it takes ages to get evicted, they no longer send bailiffs around the following day to throw everything in the street while your wife weeps and your children cling to her skirts b) most landlords don't' WANT to evict you: they will fix the problem, you will pay them, all will be cool and c) it's not like being kicked out of a... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by fshgrl at 7:35 PM on October 29, 2005