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It would probably depend on what your lease says, but when I had tenants my lease requires that keep the premises in suitable living condition. That said, if I didn't do that then the tenants only remedy was to break the lease. They couldn't force me to make the repairs, but I wasn't on the hook to pay them anything to compensate them for relocation costs. That would be very unusual to have in a lease. Especially in a lease with a suspect slumlord. He's probably got a pretty landlord friendly lease and knows what he can and can't get away with under Florida laws.
I'd say move out, cut your losses and hope you get a better deal next time. It's probably not worth the legal costs to fight this.
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