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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E">Not so. The statutory language supports both of the notices I have attached to this e-mail. My Notice to Withhold contains the statutorily
supported statement:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"ZapfHumnst BT",sans-serif">I intend to exercise my legal rights and will withhold further payments of rent to you, and/or sue for injunctive relief in County Court, if reasonable efforts to make the required repairs
are not completed within seven (7) days' time.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"ZapfHumnst BT",sans-serif;color:#000F2E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E">As a tenant advocate, I must be careful on which notice I advise my clients to use.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E">Please note also that the statute (and my notices) do not tell the landlord
<i>what</i> to do -- such is the landlord’s choice at the landlord’s risk of choosing wrong. My notices simply describe the defect(s) in the premises. The tenant has no right to require the landlord to use a particular method to correct the defect; but
the tenant does have the right to have the defect corrected.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E"> Florida Bar # 128095<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E"> Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E"> Tampa, FL 33605-5230<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E"> (813) 232-1222, Ext.109<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E"> FAX: 248-9922<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:3.0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tango BT";color:#000F2E">“Preserving Independence, Hope and Dignity”</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#000F2E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alberto Cardet<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 12 September, 2016 17:15<br>
<b>To:</b> RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee <landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL LandTen] 7- day notice to withhold rent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Is my understanding correct that when a tenant sends a landlord a "rent withholding letter", that in essence states that unless "X" is fixed within 7 days the tenant will not
pay rent, what the tenant has actually done is terminate their tenancy pursuant to 83.56(1) and the tenant must vacate. It does not give the tenant the right to remain on the property rent free indefinitely.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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