<prompt> Human: Hi Guys,My wife and I are still wading our way through bedbug hell. I wrote a longer blog post outlining all the dramatic bits, but the short of it is this: we just signed a one year lease at an apartment and contracted bedbugs through a neighbor. Our buildings management did not warn us when our neighbors came forward two weeks before we found our first bug. Even still, the management refuses to recognize it as a building issue. Instead, they are addressing units individually with spray treatments. Its being administered by a professional company, but I am almost positive it is the cheapest option.As a result, our unit is sprayed, then we wait a few more weeks until more bugs trickle in from the ventilation, walls, and even hallways. Our building manager quit, and the corporate office is incredibly negligent and slow to respond to any kind of communication. Meanwhile, we are throwing out expensive furniture, paying for hundreds of loads of laundry, and living with psychosomatic symptoms.We want to get out of our lease. I am not trying to take down the company or alert the news media. My wife and I would be perfectly happy just agreeing to break our lease and maybe getting reimbursed for our trashed mattress and couch.The problem is that it remains difficult to feel them out since there is little to no correspondence. With our building manager resigned, half of our neighbors living elsewhere, and the corporate office on the other side of the country, we feel like we are living in an abandoned building.We fantasize about just walking away from this god-forsaken place. We would lose a 500 pet deposit and an 800 security deposit, but weve upset the management enough to the point we are sure they would find an excuse to swallow that - even if we left our apartment immaculate.Financially we are doing pretty good. We both work and we are pretty sure that we could save enough for the down payment of a house before winter. We would love to close on a house, then slowly sterilize and move our belongings. We just dont want to mount up for a giant legal battle.What would be the repercussions of walking away from a lease? If thats not viable, how do we get out of here? Please advise!Thanks,AlexEdit: We live in Madison, Wisconsin for those curious.  <response>: Rental laws vary by state and city. Please post what state and city you are located in. I dont have an answer, but this should help other people on the thread. 