While a home is uninhabitable (which we do not know), some laws allow a tenant to rent elsewhere and submit the rental expense to the landlord for reimbursement. They might have to put the rent money in a special fund they cannot touch, until the home is fixed. They cannot just decide not to pay rent until the violations are fixed.
Contact your state agency which handles landlord-tenant laws. They will tell you the rights. You need to find out from the city building inspector if the home is uninhabitable, though. It is probably livable, and you might have to stay.
You can also look at the documents online for your state in the State of Texas Online Law Library.
http://guides.sll.texas.gov/landlord-ten...
You have to pay rent if you live there. This has nothing to do with rent.
You stop paying rent if it is red tagged and you are no longer allowed to live there. Once that happens you only pay up until the day you live there, not past.
You still pay your rent, no deductions. They fix the issues. It has nothing to do with you or your rent.
You could probably move out without worrying about the lease you signed. But if you stay you have to pay. If they totally condem the place then you'd have to move out.
The inspections have NOTHING to do with you paying your rent. If you fail to pay your rent - they WILL evict you.
I live in houston texas. I just moved into this apartment almost a month ago. For the last couple days I have been seeing the city building inspectors walking around. Today they put an orange notice on my door to stay off the balcony because it's dangerous. Also the building is getting cited for all the wholes in the building and Im sure there are MANY more violations. Do I still have to pay my rent? Or deductions? How does this work?
