Texas Repair Request Letter to Landlord
A free Texas repair request letter to landlord that follows Texas law. Fill in the boxes, check the rules below, then print or copy it. Keep a copy and proof of how you sent it.
What Texas law says
| Repair and deduct | Yes, limited. For specified serious conditions (e.g., sewage backup, flooding, total loss of landlord-supplied water, inadequate heat/cooling certified by an official, or conditions certified by a housing official) after required notices, tenant may repair and deduct the greater of one month's rent or $500 (per month cap). |
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| Withholding rent | Not permitted outside the statutory repair-and-deduct procedure. A tenant who withholds rent or deducts for repairs in violation of the subchapter is liable for actual damages, and after written warning, a bad-faith violation carries a civil penalty of one month's rent + $500. Source: Tex. Prop. Code Sec. 92.058 |
| Landlord retaliation | Landlord may not, within six months after a tenant in good faith exercises a legal right, gives a repair notice, complains to a code-enforcement or other agency, or participates in a tenant organization, file an eviction (except on statutory grounds), deprive use of the premises, decrease services, raise rent, terminate the lease, or engage in bad-faith interference. Remedy: one month's rent + $500, actual damages, court costs and attorney's fees. |
| Heat | No statewide heat or minimum-temperature requirement. State law requires only a device supplying hot water of at least 120 degrees F. If the landlord agreed (expressly or impliedly) to furnish heating equipment that produces inadequate heat, and a local housing, building or health official has notified the landlord in writing that the lack of heat materially affects health or safety, the tenant may use the repair-and-deduct remedy if the landlord fails to repair within 3 days after the tenant's notice. |
| Mold | No landlord-tenant mold statute — Texas law sets no mold disclosure or mold-specific remediation duty for residential landlords. Mold is handled under the general duty to repair: after written notice from a tenant who is current on rent, the landlord must make a diligent effort to repair a condition that materially affects the physical health or safety of an ordinary tenant. Separately, the Occupations Code licenses professional mold assessors and remediators; an owner of residential property with fewer than 10 units (or its employee) may do its own mold assessment or remediation without a license. |
Fill in your letter
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To: [landlord or manager name], [landlord address]
From: [your name], tenant at [rental address]
I am asking you to repair the following problems at my rental: [describe each problem, where it is, and when it started].
I first reported this on [date first reported] by [phone, text, email, portal or letter].
Please make these repairs by [date]. You may enter to make repairs after giving the notice required by law; times that work for me: [access times].
Texas law protects tenants from retaliation for asking for repairs (Tex. Prop. Code Sec. 92.331; 92.332; 92.333).
Date: [today's date]
Tenant: [your name]
Signature: ____________________
How to send it: use a method you can prove — certified mail with return receipt, or email/text if your lease allows notices that way. Write down the date.
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