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No Heat In Our House

Postby Jasonsmile69 » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:45 am

Our landlord and neighbor has continually told us that he is going to replace our oil furnace with a gas one but has yet to do so. It is now half way into october and the house it freezing. It's about 54 degrees inside and our lease says we can not have any stand-alone heaters. Other then asking him daily when he is finally gonna get around to putting this is, is their any action we can take or any laws I can read up on about this?
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Postby NeoAmsterdam » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:53 am

I quote from DCHR's Fact Sheet #15 and hope it applies to you (I don't know which county you're in).
Heat and Hot Water for Buildings Located in Nassau, Rockland and Westchester Counties

For most of the housing subject to ETPA, an owner must provide heat and hot water as a required service. If an owner is not obligated to provide heat and/or hot water, or the heat and/or hot water is paid for by the tenant, tenants should make sure that their guidelines increase is appropriate. The local Guidelines Board may have issued a separate guideline for those properties.
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Postby TenantNet » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:55 am

Except that's for rent regulated housing. The OP didn't say. DHCr is more concerned with who pays.

Most municipalities or counties in NYS require minimum heat. I'd look at local housing requirements. I don't think we have it online here, but do check the Multiple Dwelling Law and Multiple Residence Law. Check your city or county web site.

Seems you're in a suburb of Rochester.
http://www.village.fairport.ny.us/
http://www.perinton.org/
http://www.monroecounty.gov/orgMain.asp?

Look for housing or health departments
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Postby NeoAmsterdam » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:30 am

...that's for rent regulated housing.

:oops: Oops.

Thanks for the correction, TenantNet!
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