My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Minnesota.
My tenant wants to break her lease claiming that her rights to "quiet enjoyment" have been infringed on.
Situation is this. Over the cousrse of several months, she complained about cigarette smoke and marajana use in the apartment below her. (She could smell the smoke in her untit.)
I worked with her and the police to get these people evicted for drug use. (I am not their landlord but I contantced the management company that managed the unit and they took care of it.)
A few weeks ago, my tenant claimed to see drug use in the parking lot, contacted the police, and now she is claiming to be harrassed by the drug users as she walks to her apartment.
She wants out of her lease and I told her she could break her lease if the following terms are met.. 1) I keep her deposit 2) She pays me for her last month.
I recived an email from her stating that I am in breach of the contract because she is not able to have quiet enjoyment. She stated that she was having a letter sent to me from an attorney stating such...
My question is this: Is the situation above a violation of quiet enjoyment? What does this situation have to do with the landord (myself)? Is she able to sue me for damages or meerly break her lease or both?
Although I sympathise with her situation, I am not in contraol of who other landlords rent their unit to. I feel like I have bent over backwards to help her resolve the smoke smell situation.
This situation would be like me calling my mortgage company and telling them i am not going to pay the mortgage anymore because I do not like the neighborhood.
What our my rights and should I get legal advise?

