Rhode Island Letter from Tenant to Landlord about Inadequacy of heating resources insufficient heat

Your rented home requires a reliable source of hot water and heating. It is the landlord's legal responsibility to provide this. This is included in every tenancy agreement and is a critical requirement for landlords and property owners.

Uninhabitable conditions can include dangerous ones, such as holes in the floor, unsafe or exposed wiring, or non-working air conditioning in dangerously hot summer months. Gross infestations of roaches, fleas or other pests are also uninhabitable conditions.

A landlord is allowed to provide heat at less than 68 degrees Fahrenheit if they enters into an agreement with the tenant.

A landlord can tell you what temperature to keep your house. For example, here where it freezes, I can tell my tenants that they must keep the heat above 50 degrees. However to tell you not to cool below 90 degrees is unreasonable.

Under Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, you have the right to expect your landlord to carry out repairs in a 'reasonable time'. If it's an emergency repair as you've got no heating or hot water, your landlord should fix this in 24 hours.

When Heat Stops Working Provide the landlord a reasonable length of time anywhere between 10 and 30 days depending on how cold it is to fix the problem. If the landlord refuses to fix the primary source of heat after 30 days, you can pay for the repair yourself and deduct the cost from the rent.

In Alberta: According to the Public Health Act Housing Regulation, you must heat your rented property from September 1st to May 1st. The minimum temperature required is 22°C in all habitable rooms.

Under Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, you have the right to expect your landlord to carry out repairs in a 'reasonable time'. If it's an emergency repair as you've got no heating or hot water, your landlord should fix this in 24 hours.