Mik, as you describe the situation, i see you in a no win situation.
either the landlord has his way, or, if you get inspectors in, he’ll evict you, on the pretext, that the mayor restaurations needed can’t be done, while somebody lives there.
Korm, if it can’t be fixed while we’re living in it, then it wasn’t habitable to start with, and the courts generally frown on fraud.
He responded to my email, he said “ok”… which means, I guess we’ll see what happens Monday.