Tenant Rights to breake a lease

[Javier Acosta]

Hi,

In this case, I am on the other side (tenant) not landlord, and I'm in quite a situation, I hope someone here can help.

I just rented a duplex in Arlington Texas, and since I moved in the fridge has not been working.

I have reached out to the property mgmt about 8 times, and they ignore me. I have all the texts and calls as proof, but nothing in paper writting. It has been 20 days since I moved in.

In the contract, in the "special provisions" section it says that landlord will provide fridge and mantain it functioning. Do I have grounds to break my lease without penalty? Could the text msgs be used as evidence if we went to court?

Thanks in adv.