You are being bullied. The landlord cannot charge you for days the unit is not rented due to repairs.
(They can only do that if you break a lease or if they evict you do to damages that you don;t repair). If it’s a normal end of lease they cannot charge that.
There are 4 specific things they can charge you for…
California law speciically allows the landlord to
use a tenant’s security deposit for four purposes:
• For unpaid rent;
• For cleaning the rental unit when the tenant
moves out, but only to make the unit as clean
as it was when the tenant irst moved in;214
• For repair of damages, other than normal wear
and tear, caused by the tenant or the tenant’s
guests; and
• if the lease or rental agreement allows it, for
the cost of restoring or replacing furniture,
furnishings, or other items of personal
property (including keys), other than because
of normal wear and tear.
A landlord can withhold from the security
deposit only those amounts that are reasonably
necessary for these purposes.
