My rent is usually auto withdrawn on the 1st. My landlord changed banks recently, and sent out an email saying they don't know when it will be withdrawn, but to keep funds available for when it does. They informed us of this AFTER the 1st, not before. Do I have defense against this?

My lease explicitly states rent is due on the 1st. There are no clauses about holding funds indefinitely due to any LL sided issues, nor are there any clauses about any theoretical late withdrawals. This situation in its entirety, is not mentioned in the lease at all

They violated the contract by failing to withdraw it on the 1st as per the agreement we both signed on

Do I have any defense? I may not be able to afford it now cuz like I said, they themselves stated they just don't know when it will come out