Help Me Terminate My Lease Early Without The Penalty(rodents In Ceiling Tx )

[us-tx]Called code enforcement, not much help

I’ve had rats in my walls and ceiling since October. My apartment is old, so the foundation is settling in and there’s a ton of cracks everywhere. I could hear the rats trying to enter through the cracks and after hounding my property manager, I was able to get the crack sealed after weeks. She also claimed that she called an exterminator and they didn’t do anything but set bait traps around the property. This hasn’t helped much and I still hear rats in my ceiling. I have found an entry point outside my apartment and I blocked it but still wall and now my apartment smells like death because they died in the walls.

I called Code enforcement to do an inspection and they came today and they asked about the smell and I told them. Not much came of it and my property manager isn’t doing anything about the smell. It smells rancid.

I need to terminate my lease early without the early termination fees. Is there anything I can do since Texas is more in favor of landlords than tenants ?

(As I type this I hear them running in the ceiling)