Apartment Issues
My wife and I rented an apartment 1 year ago from century 21.We signed a rental agreement for 1 year which has now expired.I found out later this apartment was not a legal two family dwelling.There was a tenant upstairs and now there is a tenant downstairs.For months now we have been complaining to the landlord that when the tenant downstairs uses his bathroom we get sewage smells.He has an illegal set up down there with a pump that pumps the sewage up and out.My wife and I have gotten sick 4 times this year with bacterial lung infections and bronchitis.We feel it is coming from these odors.The landlord comes and says he smells nothing and does nothing.Once he put chemicals down the sewage line ,it did not help for long.We want to move but can”t find a place for the rent we are paying now.I am also on a thin line at work from taking too much time off.I coudn”t help it tho I was real sick.What can I do.Since it isn”t legal and was rented to me like it was thru century 21 Do I have a law suit?I am sure sewage gases can be unhealthy.