# Florida Renters: Who Pays for Repairs? (Landlord vs Tenant) | Who Pays the Repair?

> Florida Statutes Section 83.51 requires landlords to maintain structural components and plumbing. See the tenant's remedy if they don't.

**Who pays:** landlord

In Florida, the landlord must comply with housing codes or keep structural components and plumbing in good repair under Florida Statutes Section 83.51(1), unless the tenant, family, or a guest caused the damage; if not fixed within 7 days of written notice, the tenant can terminate the lease under Section 83.56(1).

**Boundary:** Florida landlords must comply with applicable building/housing codes, or where none apply, keep the roof, walls, floors, steps, and plumbing in good repair, under Florida Statutes Section 83.51(1).

**Exceptions:** Landlord is not responsible for conditions created or caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or another person on the premises with the tenant's consent (Section 83.51(4)).

## Sources
- [Florida Statutes Section 83.51(1) (landlord's obligation to maintain premises)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/83.51) — "maintain the roofs, windows, doors, floors, steps, porches, exterior walls, foundations, and all other structural components in good repair and capable of resisting normal forces and loads and the plumbing in reasonable working condition." (accessed 2026-09-13)
- [Florida Statutes Section 83.51(4) (tenant-caused conditions excluded)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/83.51) — "The landlord is not responsible to the tenant under this section for conditions created or caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of the tenant, a member of the tenant's family, or other person on the premises with the tenant's consent." (accessed 2026-09-13)
- [Florida Statutes Section 83.56(1) (tenant's termination remedy)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/83.56) — "If the landlord materially fails to comply with s. 83.51(1) or material provisions of the rental agreement within 7 days after delivery of written notice by the tenant specifying the noncompliance and indicating the intention of the tenant to terminate the rental agreement by reason thereof, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement." (accessed 2026-09-13)

_Last verified 2026-09-13. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/florida-landlord-tenant-repair-responsibility/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._