here is a brief:
we rent a house. the landlord is trying to get us to sign a new lease after living there for 3 yrs (which is fine) but they have indicated the following and I am wondering if this is against the law in PA for them to imply that we are responsible.
1. any repairs to the heater, let alone the upkeep
2. they have left the stove, dishwasher, refrigerator in the property and if anything goes wrong with them, we are to pay for the repairs
3. we have on a previous occasion advised that one of the rooms on the first floor has no heat, and the response we received was...there is a leak and that all we have to do is turn the heat up and it will heat that room from the other rooms in the house.
4. landlord is well aware that the kitchen window needs to be replaced and over the past 3 yrs have had people come out to do estimates, but still has not replaced or fixed it.
can we break the new lease because of the above or is it against the law to have the tenant responsible for the above? if we break the lease, would we be responsible for the balance on the lease?

