Repairs
Instructions
This form will help you create a letter to send to your landlord. Enter as much information as you can, if there are answers you don’t know, leave them blank and fill them in later after you print it out. After you fill out the information and click ‘Submit’, you’ll be able to print the letter, save it, or send it to yourself via email.
The information you provide here will NOT be saved in any database. We do this to protect your identity, privacy, and safety.
Review your letter
{todays_date}
{ landlord_name }
{ landlord_address }
Re: Repairs at {tenant_address}
Dear { landlord_name }
I have am a tenant at {tenant_address}.
I am writing to request repairs in my unit. As a housing provider, you are required to make repairs to my unit to ensure it is habitable and in compliance with California state and local building and health codes. As of today, the following repairs need to be competed:
{repair_requested_repeater}
It is your responsibility under the California Civil Code Section 1941.1 (“Warranty of Habitability”) to make the above-mentioned repairs. Please respond to this letter in writing within five (5) days to let me know when and how you plan to complete these repairs. As a reminder you are obligated to provide me with written notice at least 24 hours in advance of any time you, or your agent, intend to enter the unit to make repairs.
Also, please be advised that California Civil Code Section 1942.5 prohibits you from retaliating against me for having exercised my legal right to request repairs.
Sincerely,
{tenant_name}