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McCheetah t1_j1ogv20 wrote

Reply to comment by Bezexer in Lost heat 36 hours ago- landlord said it won’t be fixed until Monday due to holidays by manchegoaway

I’m gonna say yeah, they should have an emergency 24/7 contact that can fix basic needs like heat in the winter.

At a minimum, they should be prepared and ready to provide alternative solutions when immediate needs can’t me met. If that’s space heaters provided until central heating can be fixed or alternate accommodations until the issue is fixed. They should at least make an attempt to remedy the serious problems immediately.

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GrumpyNewYorker t1_j1shpmu wrote

i don’t know about here, but in NYC larger apartment buildings have a dedicated superintendent that performs maintenance in exchange for reduced or free rent. That’s easy for a large millionaire landlord to swing. Mom and pop renting out a second property obviously can’t do that. At most, they have a property management agency that acts as a middle man to hire third party companies to do maintenance like this. They can’t do that if there are no technicians available to hire because demand spiked on Christmas. At the end of the day, the landlord isn’t going to be found negligent of anything here. It’s a freak cold snap on a holiday that took out heat for many, many homes. They have an obligation to repair it within a reasonable timeline, and reasonable isn’t going to be same-day given the circumstances.

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GMUcovidta t1_j1v1je2 wrote

In some apartment buildings, that have hundreds of units and are paid for with extra fees. Not at all comparable to RVA.

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