want to move to another apartment,bad neighbors and shooting, landlord said I have to stay here another year, I am retired?

You were not aware of these problems in this neighborhood prior to moving into this apartment complex.

Prior to moving into a new area you have to do your homework. Prior to moving into anew neighborhood, normally you would want to spend at least one week day and one weekend night on a stake out to find out if there are unsavory characters that would hang out in front and around the potential rental unit. You should conduct your stake out from around 8 P.M. until 3A.M. This allow most all the party and bar patrons to return home.

If you signed a lease for the year, you are required to uphold the lease agreement you signed. Leaving and breaking the could cause you financial and legal problems.

Leaving would place your landlord in a position of suing you for financial damages of you not paying your rent.

Normally breaking your lease in most states you would be required to pay the rent for an additional three months or until the landlord find another tenant.

You might consider finding a tenant to replace you that would be acceptable to the landlord and qualify for the rental unit.

Unless you are able to make a financial agreement in writing with the landlord, you are there for the year.

I hope this has been of some benefit to you,good luck.

"FIGHT ON"

Sounds like the landlord just denied giving you any way to get out of your lease agreement early. Unfortunately, that means that if you break the lease agreement and leave before the lease is over, you can (and likely will) be held financially responsible, which will ultimately end up with the landlord getting a court judgement against you for every penny they can justify charging you for, including months of rent you would have paid if you had stayed, depending on your State's landlord/tenant law.

Unfortunately neighborhood crime isn't justification for breaking a lease agreement. You'll likely just have to stay until your lease is over or face getting sued. Next time be sure to check the neighborhood out thoroughly before signing a lease, even if you have to drive by at 10pm on a Saturday night to get a feel for what goes on in the area after dark.

EDIT: Just a suggestion, you should edit your question to add detail and not post it as another answer (and also should add details you think are relevant before you post the question by clicking the details link beside the Submit button). Anyway, if the apartment was flooded before you moved in and was fixed beforehand, it isn't relevant to your current situation unless there is imminent threat that it will happen again and he is doing nothing to correct the situation (and you have to allow time for him to address it, not a matter of a few days). If you have no proof of that, it won't even be a consideration when discussing whether or not you can break your lease over these other things.

Being retired doesn't have anything to do with your contractual obligation, i.e. your lease. Your LL has chosen not to let you out of your current lease, so you have three options:

1. Ask the LL if you can sublet. If so, find a suitable person to sublet then move.

2. Stay there for the duration of your lease. Give proper notice and move at the end of the lease period.

3. Break the lease and move out. Understand that the following will happen:

*You will forfeit your security deposit

*You are responsible for the rent until the unit is re-rented

*You are responsible for the costs with re-renting the unit

*You are responsible for the full cost of repair for any tenant-caused damage

If you don't pay, in addition to the above, you will be responsible for the LL's legal fees after he sues you and wins a judgement against you. Your credit will be trashed and the LL could conceivably garnish your wages.

Leases generally are for one year only. When is yours up? Even if you just signed a new lease you can give them notice that you're leaving and why. when they take you to court to get the balance of their money for the year you can tell your story to the judge, that you're retired and show him stats of shootings in the area and an article of the reason why you want to move or have moved from there.

HOLD ON. Your landlord says you have to live there "another year?" How long have you been living there? Most leases are for 12 months; when they expire, they go month to month. So unless you moved in just today or yesterday, he can't really demand that you stay there 'a whole nother year.' Read your state landlord tenant laws.

I would say based on common sense, that if you wanted to break your lease because of crime and a recent shooting nearby, that is just cause. I would just move out myself and tell him if its a problem that you will see him in court. I would also give him 30-60 days notice also before leaving. I am unsure at that point if you could get your security deposit back from him or not. Best thing to do is consult an attorney.

Do you have a lease? You are bound by that lease. If you break it, you have to pay the penalties.

The landlord is not responsible for things that he has no control over like the the condition of the neighborhood and the actions of its residents.

yes, I signed a lease but he moved me into a apartment that flooded and was not notified until later, have been here only 2 months.

You signed a lease for that unit and are locked into it. I don't know what you being retired has to do with anything.

If you signed a lease, you have to pay the rent for the rest of the lease time, whether you live there or not.

Being retired doesn't change anyhing.