Contact your local health department. If the property has as bad an infestation as you say, they will issue a citation. If the landlord does not then clear the place of bugs within the time stated in the citation (generally 30-days), you will have the right to break your lease with no penalties, and may be entitled to relocation compensation.

He may not want to allow you to leave, or give you back your deposit, and you may need an attorney to write him a letter. I have dealt with this issue before.

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If the infestation is so bad as to make the place uninhabitable, then you could leave now on the legal theory of "constructive eviction"--the landlord has had adequate notice of the problem and it is so bad that a person can not really live their, especially for health reasons. You have a stronger case if their is a health department citation but do you really want to wait the thirty plus days for that. And what if it appears he has cleaned the place from the bugs, but 1-2 weeks later they reappear. I would suggest telling the landlord that you can not take it anymore and your health is endangered, so you are giving him notice that in 5 calendar days you will move out because of his/her breach of the lease.