ilegal apartment issues
We have been living at an apartment for a little over a year now.We signed a rental agreement with century 21 and the landlord for 1 year.I later found out that it is a ilegal apartment.There is a aprtment under us with a gas stove(firehazard)and most of all our complaint is the landlord has a sump pump to bring the basement apartments waste up and out.During the last few months the sewage smell from the basement apartment has been atroscious.It has been giving us headaches and nausea.The landlord comes by and puts vinegar down our drains everytime we complain.We are fed up but are in no position to move as of yet My wife is going into surgery this week for breast surgery forcing me to take time off from work.I feel this is a health concern for both my wife and I.I mean she is going to have to recover in this enviroment.We pay 1700$ to live here.I have been documenting also the brown water which comes out of our domestic water taps moth after month some days it is so brown I can”t take a bath or shower.Is there a legal issue here ,I was also charged a realtor fee of one months rent to live here.Is that legal in an ilegal apartment?