Walk It Through: The Furnace in January
A cold house, a repair that does not come, a call to code enforcement, and a rent increase the week after.
The furnace in a rented house stops working in January.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A furnace in a rented house and a rent increase that follows a complaint. Code enforcement's own process, a lease that shifts repairs to the tenant and a unit made unlivable by fire are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.