Landlord and Tenant Rights and Responsibilities Article
Tenant Self-Help Repairs
Do you rent an apartment, a condo, a townhouse, a house, a mobile home, or a mobile home park lot space here in Arizona? If so, your landlord is required by law to ensure that it remains in good condition throughout the term of your rental agreement.
Unfortunately, landlords do not always ensure that their tenants’ rented apartments, condos, townhouses, houses, mobile homes, and mobile home park lot spaces remain in good condition. Sometimes, landlords neglect to make required repairs, even after their tenants have submitted a written request.
An Arizona tenant whose landlord is not making required repairs has various options. This article addresses just one of them: the tenant’s right to make “self-help” repairs if and when their landlord ignores their prior request.
IMPORTANT NOTE: “Self-help” repairs are not repairs made by the tenant themselves but instead repairs made by an independent licensed professional at the tenant’s request.
If you would like to learn more about a tenant’s other options, all of which require the tenant to notify their landlord of the problem in need of repair, providing the landlord with an opportunity to make the requested repairs before the tenant does anything else, you may wish to consult the Arizona landlord/tenant act that applies to your specific situation:
• The Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (ARLTA) describes the rights and responsibilities of tenants who are living in a rented apartment, condo, townhouse, house, or mobile home where both the mobile home and the lot space are owned by the same person.
• The Arizona Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Mobile Home Park Act) describes the rights and responsibilities of tenants who are living in a mobile home that they own but are renting a lot space in a mobile home park.
Both Acts are in Title 33 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.). The ARLTA is Chapter 10 and the Mobile Home Park Act is Chapter 11. A.R.S. Title 33 is available online here: https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=33.
Summaries of some of the rights and responsibilities described in both Acts are provided elsewhere on this website under “Housing”: .
QUESTIONS
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We line in a 55+community and each year the palms are trimmed and we have to pay for them, I was told most mobilhome parks don't charge the tenent in AZ for palm trimming, but get charged every year. We pay rent on a space, is it our responsibility to pay for them or should the park owner pay ? The rent goes up each year, and we still have to pay for their palms to be trimmed. Is there a law that the owner should be paying for these? Thank you
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If the house smells like animal urine, wet dog, etc and the property mgmt says they will take care of it...but they said they would. What are my rights for backing out of the lease? I just signed it on Tuesday April 4th 2019
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I am a senior and live in 202 HUD housing. Management just put notices up on my apartment building: "No Mask No Entry." Is my apartment building considered a Public Place/Setting according to the new Tucson/Pima County Ordinances regarding Face Coverings? If so, and I refuse to wear one technically I could be restricted access to my apartment.
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I met with a landlord of an RV Park yesterday have an RV park we looked at a spot for my RV I went and got a money order for the amount he told me would be the rent for a week that we agreed to bring my RV in this morning and get it hooked up when I went home he called me about 15 minutes later told me that someone from where I lived currently had called and said if you rented to me because of my son it would be bad so he cancelled told me he would could not rent to me anymore so now I have a money order made out to him that I can't even get my money back on is there any discrimination here
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If house is foreclosed on, what does the new owner need to provide to the old owner and how long does the the old owner have to get out by law?
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I have 2 children under 2 years of age who where never sick until we moved into our apartmet 2 months ago. We learned it is roach infested and I have been to the doctor and ER with both children. We notified the landlord and they sprayed 2 times. Both times the roaches got worse. What are my options for my childrens safety?
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I had a yr 2 yr lease in which myself my mom and eldest son resided i was only 1 on. Lease. I moved out last yr at which time landlord said they would draw another lease for my mom and son. And never did.in no ember they were to have sold the property. But changed mind. Again stated tbey would draw up new lease. Qith prior perssion and adjusted rent of 350 to be out by 04//15. We met for final walk through and lanlord refused to return my last months rent from the end of my actual lease. Unsure how to file and under what area. Civil or small claims etc
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My landlord has been retaliating on me because I filed a complaint with the city for them failing to remedy a bed bug issue. Now they are refusing to make repairs, harassing me at all hours of the day and night and threatening to evict me with unjustified causes. Additionally, my lease is up in 3 months and they are planning on showing my unit for the next THREE months which is excessive and highly invasive. What can I do to prevent all of this?
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If a person staying for free on a property as a caretaker and sublets a room without owner permission and without a written rental agreement, who is entitled to the rent money?
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I was let go from the company I work for. I had employee housing that I took a paycut for to supplement me staying in the house. I was not given an eviction notice but was told that I needed to be out by 6 pm the same day. It was 1 pm when I was informed. My final check has been withheld until I move out. And my landlord/employer has told me the locks will be changed the next day. Is this even legal??
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