Question

My parents have lived in the same apartment for over five years. When their lease came up last time, they told the complex that they needed new carpet. The complex said no but that they could move them into another apartment. Unfortunately, my father is handicapped and needs bars and such. The complex said that they would put all of this in for them, but that my parents needed commit and sign a new lease. So they did. After a couple of weeks of waiting to hear when the apartment would be ready, my father called the office and was told that the complex is ADA compliant so if my parents want the changes made, they would have to pay for it themselves. They cannot afford this, so now they have signed this lease and are stuck in the same old apartment. They intended on not resigning the lease until the new apartment was offered. Are they bound to this lease even though they signed it intent on getting the new apartment and the complex renigged on their offer of making it handicap compliant?