Assertion: tenant's landlord | /r/CapableOf | withhold rent
Facets:
value: to cover the costs
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: A tenant may terminate her lease agreement early and without penalty if the landlord continuously fails to protect her and her personal property, or withhold rent to cover the costs of repairing or replacing any malfunctioning security features the landlord refuses to fix.
text: First, in practically every state it will jeopardize the rights of tenants to utilize certain remedies when their landlords fail to make necessary repairs or to keep premises fit and habitable—namely, to withhold rent, or repair and deduct the cost from that month's rent.