Walk It Through: The Cold Apartment
A boiler out in January, notice to the landlord, space heaters or a motel, and the bill sent back.
In January the boiler in a triple decker quits, and the landlord is slow to answer.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Heat that failed through the landlord's fault. A utility shutoff for the landlord's unpaid bill, a lockout and heat the tenant pays for directly are not worked through here.
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.