My Home was Burglarized 3 times in the last 2 months can I legally break my lease?

On March 23 a sunday while i was at work and my home was burglarized around 3pm by 2 juveniles 1 was caught by police they broke in through a window. I asked the landlord for burglar bars on windows and the doors and a security system he said he would be over on mon. to to have his security guy put in a system he didn't make it mon. (i stayed home from sun. evening when i got off from work until tues) Mon. landlord still a no-show i left home tues. around 3pm (to pick up 8-month preg girlfriend from work) got home around 430 to find my home burglarized a 2nd time in 2 days this time the backdoor kicked off the hinges the landlord now has the security man out thurs and maintenance man out fri. putting in monitored alarm system and burglary bars on the back and side of the house windows and doors my home was burglarized again may 8th around 9pm front door kicked in landlord send MM around 8am he nail's door to frame and promises it cant be kicked down i go and bump the door it falls in

You could legally break your lease if you could prove that your landlord was failing to provide a safe, livable condition on the property. It sounds like you might have trouble doing this, however. By calling to get security bars and alarms installed, your landlord is taking reasonable measures to ensure safety. It may not be working as well as you like and it may be taking longer than you want, but he is still doing it well within a reasonable period of time.

UPDATE: Please do not, as one person suggested, record a conversation with your landlord without his permission. Most states have laws making it a criminal offense to record a conversation without full knowledge and consent of both parties. These recordings are not admissible as evidence in court proceedings.

I don't know what your legal options are, but if the neighborhood is that unsafe, your life may be at risk.

But, is your life worth the balance of the rent due for the remainder of the lease?

Also, whether or not you break the lease, take lots pictures of your apartment especially of any damage caused by the burglaries.

You mentioned something very casually in passing that is perhaps a bigger issue. Why are you not married to the mother of your child-to-be. Are you not ashamed of this? Does she think that it is acceptable to have a child out of wed-lock. I was amazed at how casually you mentioned this, as if it was healthy and normal.

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Not everyone is a religious nutjob. A piece of paper giving the government authority of your assets is absolutely not needed to live your life with another person.

You may want to edit that if you're looking to get serious advice. One giant run-on sentence can be pretty taxing to read.

People can be real idiots sometimes! HOW DARE THEM JUDGE YOU! Anyways, yes! As long as you have police reports of the three break-ins and requests/letters in writing that you have asked for more security measures. If you dont, you could call the landlord and record the conversation without his knowledge and say "Hey I just want to make sure that something is going to be done, because the last two times I was burgalarized you said you were going to put in security precautions and nothing happened. I dont trust you." Most cell phones have options where you can record a coversation. That way when you break the lease you can say "I have the three police reports and here is the proof that he never did anything to upgrade the security of the property that he promised." Then he will not have a chance in court if he tries to sue you! THE LANDLORD DID NOT PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LEASER."

Good Luck and Im so sorry abou that!