Tenants’ basic rights against landlords
If your landlord doesn’t fix the heat during winter, or you have a problem with electricity, running water etc. You have some rights as a tenant. First of all, every residential house must afford you an “Implied warranty of habitability”. In property law context, the standard for implied warranty of habitability is that premises must be fit for basic human dwelling in other words the premises must be in livable condition. The appropriate standards may be supplied either by local housing code or case law. Landlord is expected to fulfill an implied warranty of habitability by keeping basic structural elements of the building,...
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