Question

Steve leases an apartment from Ashley. According to the lease, Ashley is required to keep all plumbing in working order. After Steve has lived in the apartment for four months, the toilet breaks. Ashley refuses to fix it and thereby makes it virtually impossible for Steve to continue to live there. The result of Ashley's inaction is that a. she has constructively evicted Steve. b. there has been an illegal alteration. c. she has physically evicted Steve. d. she has committed waste on the property

Answer 1

Answer:

a. she has constructively evicted Steve.

Explanation:

Steve leases an apartment from Ashley. According to the lease, Ashley is required to keep all plumbing in working order. After Steve has lived in the apartment for four months, the toilet breaks. Ashley refuses to fix it and thereby makes it virtually impossible for Steve to continue to live there. The result of Ashley's inaction is that she has constructively evicted Steve.

Constructive eviction is a term which is used to refers a circumstance inwhich a landlord fails to provide or do something in his or her apartment thereby rendering it uninhabitable by tenants.