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Good luck, but rentals and landlords always turn to suck, even in the best of circumstances. First try to work it out with corporate, but from the standpoint that you know they are in the wrong, and should be working to make it right with you - if you knew what they knew, you would not have rented that unit. Don't mention lawyers or code violations specifically or as a threat until you are absolutely positive that they are not budging and not willing to do a/t for you. They are certainly in a position to refund you, and/or to force the neighbor to allow repairs for a real permanent correction. Especially w/ big corporate entities, once you 'go legal' they are obligated to bring in their attorneys, and you have a huge honking snafu (as others noted, you may still be shuffling motions when your lease ends). In the meantime, I'd explore two things: first, can you legally get the super on tape saying how he fixes the whole place routinely (gotta be a 'one-person-consent' state, don't record illegally). Second, what are your options to start a class action suit, joining with the other tenants. You personally bringing legal action probably won't ruffle their feathers much, but if a class action is an option, it could get real problematic for them (I but they used that builder for a few different complexes too).
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