Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Florida

re: Your question on paying rent.....You can only withhold rent if the deficiency renders the place almost unlivable...it is called a constructive eviction. For example, if the air conditioner is broken...and it is 100 degrees out. a better example would be if there was no water supply. I have not researched this issue in a while, but I seem to remember, a Florida Statute on this stating that the tenant must put the rent into the Clerk of Court's account until there is a hearing before a Judge. Chapter 83 of our Statutes govern landlord tenant issues. Good luck.