So, let's say hypothetically-- you're living in an apartment, and there are all kinds of problems, some of which are pretty terrible. To name a few:
* Small/medium sized brown colored apartment roaches appear on a regular basis no matter what measures you take to get rid of them or how clean you keep your living space.
* More than half of your electrical outlets don't work, or barely work, or are a potential fire hazard.
* The community swimming pool not far from your door is completely unkept, growing green algae and breeding mosquitoes.
* At night, the street lamps remain turned off or are broken, leaving the parking lot in total darkness.
* A very large population of bats inhabit tight spaces between the top floor of each building and their roofs.
* On a semi-regular basis, RAW SEWAGE backs up into the sinks, toilets and bathtubs.
Now, imagine you are signed into a lease that states you must continue living there for at least another 6 months without paying some ridiculous amount of money you can't afford. You cannot simply move away. Your rent every month is around the neighborhood of $990 and goes up every once in a while, and the water bill seems to be determined by how much water the people who live throughout the entire complex use, rather than per personal use.
Would you simply complain to the office staff? Write a letter to the city perhaps?