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my wife and i moved into a small one bedroom house in July. we paid a 475 dollar deposit (375 +100 for pets). our rent each month is 375. on October 30th, the city came by and put up a notice on the house saying we have to get out because the landlord owes $500 to the city. it states that his final notice for this delinquent fee was sent to him July 17th. it also states that until the fee is paid that he is not allowed to rent out the property to anyone. we called the landlord and he said not to worry about it saying it was a notice becuase he had an inspection coming up. the city also said since were getting displaced that we could have some assistance in finding a new place (getting $500 towards a deposit) we went down to city hall filled out the paper work to get the $500 dollars and THEY TOLD US WE DIDN’T HAVE TO PAY RENT. so my wife called the landlord and told him we were moving out. and he said that was a load of S**T and hung up the phone. he called us back a few days later and said he sent us a letter saying we have 3 days to move out. we contacted an attorney and he said that yes he can do this and we would prolly have to go to court where we could counter sue him for not making repairs (he hasn’t made one repair ever since we’ve lived here. the water pipes are all lead pipes still.) so my main question is can the landlord kick us out even though the city told us we didn’t have to pay rent? we live in Davenport, Iowa if you need to look up city/state laws but any help would be appreciated..THANKS!

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