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kneel_yung t1_j1omhjp wrote

Reply to comment by Master-Ad-5153 in Lost heat 36 hours ago- landlord said it won’t be fixed until Monday due to holidays by manchegoaway

> provide adequate heat per the Landlord Tenant Ac

The exact language of the act is to provide reasonable amounts of heat in season, and to maintain all systems in good working order that are provided or required to be provided.

Heat being out for a few days during an extreme cold snap, during the christmas holiday weekend, due to the hvac company being busy, is highly unlikely to be regarded as unreasonable.

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Tylerjb4 t1_j1ono45 wrote

Yea realistically shit happens and machines break and we can’t conscript people to work on Christmas so….

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DefaultSubsAreTerrib t1_j1ps537 wrote

Just for contrast, I recall tenant protection laws are much stronger in NYC. If a building's boiler broke down in winter time they would deploy an emergency boiler truck: literally a boiler on a truck, parked outside, and piped into the building's heating systems. Dozens of companies in the metro area would rent these out.

That's not to say every landlord would comply (ahem, NYCHA), just to paint a picture of how much renter laws vary from place to place.

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Charlesinrichmond t1_j1v1ycb wrote

There is a cost to that though it's not free which is one of the reasons New York rent is so expensive.

It's also not a thing in Richmond obviously because we use different heating systems. We need more HVAC techs but you can't exactly force them to work over Christmas holidays

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