New Tenant - Apt has roaches

My daughter moved into an apartment complex three weeks ago. After her first day there, she found roaches in her apartment eating through her bags and boxes of food. She contacted the landlord and they said they would have the apartment exterminated, which they did. My daughter talked to the exterminator, and he said that the only way to successfully get rid of the roaches is to exterminate the entire building.

After the exterminator sprayed my daughters apartment, she was still finding more live roaches than dead ones. She has set off many bug bombs of her own to try and get rid of them. The landlord said she was going to post a notice and have the entire building exterminated. But this never happened.

My daughter has only slept at this apartment one night in the past 3 weeks because of the roaches and still has not unpacked. We would like her to get out of this lease and get her security deposit back claiming unfit living conditions. Is this possible?

She cannot get out of the lease yet. She needs to send a written notice to the LL stating that the unit has a continuing problem with roaches and explaining that the only way to get rid of them is to have the entire building exterminated. Ask that the LL contact her to tell her when this will be done. Send it by certified mail, RRR, and keep a copy. If the LL fails to act after receiving this letter, she should call the health department or the building inspector. They will cite the LL and require him to act. Get a copy of the inspector's report and citation. If he still fails to address the problem, she can then terminate with all the copies of the notices as legal proof of the failure to repair.