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Zeus posted...

I lol'd at that email. There's literally no legal basis to their false dilemma. It's just a landlord trying to bully and intimidate tenants because they don't have a leg to stand on.

The only issue is that they'll try to keep part of your deposit and you'd need to either sue or strongarm them for the money. Alternatively, you could ask to be released from your lease early with no penalty on a safety grounds and see if they go for that. I'm not sure how long your lease term is, though.

Yup, seems pretty damn illegal.
But none of the lawyers I left voicemails for got back to me, and the real deadline was reached ("they're doing your section tomorrow"), so I gave up and just signed the damn form.
I am getting a door chain installed, so that's...something.

Gotta move out. Would've had to whether I signed or not, so I may as well avoid the legal hassle. When I do move, it might be to a different state (been debating that for a while...getting a job somewhere else, well before this happened). So the specter of having to take them to small claims court was rather unappealing, especially since state law gives them like 1-2 months to return my security deposit, so I'd have to wait till then to do it and possibly be living far away.