Signed a lease for an apartment that doesn't exist yet. Builder missed the move-in date by six weeks and counting. Location: Washington.

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I signed a lease in February for a new construction apartment with a stated available date of May 1st. I gave notice at my previous place, arranged movers, the whole thing. May 1st came and the unit wasn't ready. Drywall still unfinished, no certificate of occupancy, not even close. The property management company offered me a hotel for two weeks and said the unit would be ready by May 15th. May 15th passed. Then June 1st. We are now in the second week of June and I still do not have a move-in date. I've been living out of a suitcase in a hotel for six weeks. My employer is in the same city so leaving isn't an option. The hotel costs are being covered but I have incurred other expenses. I put furniture into storage that I'm paying for monthly. I took time off work to meet movers twice for a move that didn't happen. I had to replace several perishable items I couldn't store. The management company keeps sending emails saying they're "working toward a resolution" without any concrete date. When I asked about terminating the lease and recovering my deposit plus costs they said I would need to review "section 14 of the lease" which, when I read it, is genuinely ambiguous about what remedies are available when the builder causes the delay rather than the landlord directly. Do I have any grounds to recover costs beyond the hotel? And can I exit this lease without penalty at this point?

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