This Knoxville family says their $975/month rental is infested with rats, has no hot water and comes with broken and moldy appliances — and their landlord is blaming them

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All parents want a safe place for their family to call home. But Makayla Phillips and her partner, Mikey Johnson, say that’s not what they have. They have a “substandard apartment.”

“I want to be able to cook for my kids. I don’t want to have to worry about where my kids sleep so they don’t get bitten by rats,” Phillips told WATE 6 News in May…

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