Jonathan rents a two bedroom house from Samantha and Gerald. The plumbing keeps backing up into the basement, leaving water and sewage on the basement floor. Jonathan has repeatedly reported this issue to Samantha and Gerald. He has made telephone calls and spoken to each landlord; he has also sent a written request with proof of delivery. It has been two months and not only has nothing been done, they have not even responded to his calls or requests. What are Jonathan's options, if any?

He can take on repairs of the plumbing using his one or more months rent He might as well vacate the house

Explanation:

Jonathan after calling each landlord to report the issue of bad Plumbing, writing to them and also exhausting all forms of communication and yet no action or response form the land lords. the options remaining for Jonathan is to either take on the repairs of the problem with the rent (s) he should have paid to the Landlord or vacate the premises to save him the cost of paying rent and other forms of payments.

The best option would be to vacate the premises to avoid any kind of legal actions from the land lords if he uses the rent to repair the leaking plumbing without the consent of the land lords.