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please advise me, anyone with a similar situation or are familiar with the legality of breaking a one year lease at an apartment.

i have been living in a apartment for about 18 months now. i have two toddlers that have been in and out of the hospital; doctors office; emergency room; etc...usually due to respiratory issues and/or viral infections. they really haven't had issues like this early after birth. it really seems to me that they have been this way ever since we moved into the apartment that we are about to leave this July 5th, 2008. the apartment that we stay at has been sublet once before i moved in and i sublet it from the past tenant. both families before mine,stayed in the apartment for several years. if an apartment is sublet, the lessee must be willing to accept the apartment as is,and be held responsible for any damages left the past tenant. is it lawful to allow a sublet more than once to three different families, without fixing any damages whatsoever? especially if the apartment is damaged to the point to where it is believably unlivable? i have had issues with moisture and mold from the very first day i moved into the apartment. i complained that there was mold on the carpet and on the walls. i was excited to finally have my own apartment and start living as a family with my husband and children. anything the apartment management told me sounded like a good idea that would make my stay happy. i complained that the carpet looked filthy and they told me that since the past lessee did not have the apartment management shampoo the carpet, (the lessee is eligible for a shampoo atleast once a year) then they should be able to shampoo the carpet for me. after the shampooing i noticed that all the spots on the carpet were visible withing days. i couldn't understand why because we tried our best to keep everything clean. i complained again when the mold was again visible on the carpet and the walls. so they told me that they will change the carpet and paint the walls if i sign a one year lease. i figured that they would see if there is any signs of mold underneath the carpet once they changed it and also do something about the mold on the walls. months passed by and i could actually smell the presense of mold but i couldn't see it. i called management and they sent maintenance over to check it out but they did not do anything because he said, "if i cannot see the mold then i can't do anything about it. it didn't take long before black spots were visible on the carpet again. maybe two months passed and i saw the spots again. the walls had little dots of mold in the corners of the rooms also on the windows and windowsills. i made sure i kept a scheduled general cleaning of the whole apartment to keep it clean. i gave up on the mold because even after i clean it, it always seemed to come back. i did not see any leaks anywhere but mold just appears to be everywhere. i saw a large amount of mold growing in the windowsills of the extra bedroom and on the carpet of the masterbedroom floor. so instead of calling management again i decided to inquire of what to do with the local police department. they advised me to call the health department. i also did some online research of my own, and was contacted by the centers of disease control and prevention; the environmental services and i spoke with a health department representative regarding the mold issues. they all let me know of how harmful mold can actually be to a person. especially my two year old children who are always in and out of the hospital. this is the main reason why i decided to vacate the apartment. i don't want the mold to be the reason for all of my childrens respiratory problems in the past time period, that we have lived in the apartment.so i don't believe that my decision to break the lease agreement should be put against me. and i do not believe that i should be charged any fees for damages because of the fact that they had sublet the apartment to three different families before we moved in. as far as the lease signing is concerned, i believe my reasons for moving out of the apartment are reasonable enough to fit under excemption to the lease signing. i am just lost at finding a way to prove i have a point. is there a way to justify what i believe should be considered regarding the mold and moving my family out of the apartment as soon as possible due to my concern for their health?

thank you very much. i can't wait to receive advice and related issues that may help me in solving this problem of mine.

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