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I have a friend who's townhouse apartment flooded due to the pipe in the upstairs toilet busting while they were not at home. It flooded one room upstairs, the carpet on the stairs, the carpet downstairs and the electricity is out in the kitchen. Water saturated all of the walls in the house. Blowers were put in to dry everything and the landlord wants my friend and his roommate to still stay there. It's been three days since this incident occured and my friend attempted to go inside and stay but could not due to the stinch of the apartment smelling like sewage. My friend also stated that there is visible mold growing. The apartment is visibly uninhabitable. My friend asked the landlord if they could move into another apartment in the same complex and they were told no with no reason why they were told no. Is is legal for a landlord to do this to my friend who is one of the tenants on the lease?