When dealing with this sort of situation, you have to provide the landlord of notice of the problems with the property.  Only after providing such notice can you begin withholding rent or terminate the lease.  So, unless you have provided the appropriate notice, your landlord will have the upper hand against you and may be able to evict you.  If you wiill want to challenge the eviction, you wiave to pay your rent into the court registry.  Lookup Florida Statutes 83.51(1).