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The tenant has the upper hand on this one. I'm not sure about the tenant laws in Washington, but here in California, you have the right to fix or have fixed at a reasonable cost if your landlord refuses. You as the tenant have the right to a secure dwelling, and having a broken garage door is not secure. In fact, your landlord would be legally responsible if anything were stolen from the garage and if you so choose, you can store your vehicle and the landlord would be held responsible for any charges you would encure. These fees can then be duducted from the rent...it's called repair and deduct, allowing the tenant to deduct the money from the rent up to 1 months rent to pay for repair of defects. The same thing happened to me when I was renting and my garage door broke. This was the information I used to get it fixed myself. Check out what your rights are for Washington, as I am sure they are very similar to California.
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