My cat was attacked by a neighbor's dog...

[Honeycombe8]

21. The dog came in, you said, through the unsecured door?

It's the fault of the owner for not securing the door, if he knew about it and had a reasonable time to fix it.

I'm not sure if you're responsible, too, since you paid rent to stay there, so it's your residence. But I don't know what kind of lock you could've gotten to work on a door that doesn't close all the way.

If it's a stray dog and doesn't belong to the neighbor, you're stuck. I doubt the owner of your apt will pay. But he has to fix the door. Like I said...what if an intruder just walks in and hurts you? A door that doesn't close all the way can be jimmied to close...maybe sanding down one part of the side that meets with the latch side, so that it closes enough to lock. Or he can buy a used door and install it himself...unless it's the door frame that's out of whack. It's an owner's responsibility to keep a rented residence in working order.