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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About a month ago a pipe burst in a wall while we were at work and flooded our entire basement. Our house has a walkout basement that contains 3 of the four bedrooms in the house. The top floor is just the primary bedroom/bath, kitchen, living/den and small dining room. The basement is not livable as there are about a dozen fans still running. Work is expected to begin soon.

Here’s the issue: we rent the house and our 3 children have been displaced from their room. The landlord has said the house meets the definition of livable and the three kids can sleep upstairs while repairs (which could take months) take place. Kids are ages 7-12.

We have rented this house for 4 years and have 9 months more on our current lease.

I’m at a loss of what to do. I don’t want to break the lease and move/ most likely lose being in boundary for our current school, but having five people live in approximately 750 square feet with one bed/bath is getting unmanageable.

I assume we have no recourse here. Yes, we have renters insurance. The landlord is not very open on what their homeowners insurance covers (does it cover us at all?).

Any suggestions on making our current situation manageable or what we should be asking the landlord for?

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I would call Loudon County’s overcrowding hotline. 703-737-8190.

Your landlord is clearly violating the Occupancy regulations and your home is not livable for five occupants.

https://www.loudoun.gov/1752/Residential-Occupancy-Regulations
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