No , but if you have proof of politifact lying , I would love to see it . <| sep |> You don ' t get to charge your landlord a penalty . First , check your local landlordtenant laws . There should be something in there about repairs . Usually , you have to give written notice of the problem and wait for the legally described amount of time for the landlord to fix it . If the landlord does not fix the issue , the local laws will tell you whether you can fix it yourself and deduct for rent or put it in escrow with the court until the landlord takes care of it . Don ' t just take it upon yourself to not pay rent . If you do , the landlord will have grounds to evict you . <| sep |> Sure , yeah , and I really want a Ditto , but I doubt I ' ll use him much in battle unless I just want to mess around with him a bit .