Tenants protest too-slow rental board response
Tenants protested at the rental board Thursday for more heating in their apartments and a faster response to tenant complaints generally, saying that the board is too slow to act in cases where a tenant’s well-being is at risk.
Tantastic Ted 11:21 on 2012/10/26 Permalink
Are there still apartments where the landlord pays the heat? Sweet!
Kate 13:12 on 2012/10/26 Permalink
Lots of buildings with old-fashioned central furnaces and boilers with radiators still exist. Not sweet if greedy landlords won’t fire them up, though.
steven 22:44 on 2012/10/26 Permalink
Have you guys got your heat on? I don’t turn mine on before November. If it’s really cold I’ll just use a space heater where I need it.
Kate 00:27 on 2012/10/27 Permalink
I don’t, but I’m pretty spartan generally. My windows are open now and I expect I won’t close them this week, unless that tropical storm brings horizontal rain to town.
Ephraim 06:40 on 2012/10/27 Permalink
Steven, you have an insurance policy that allows space heaters? I’ve yet to see one policy that allows them.
Kate 09:43 on 2012/10/27 Permalink
Ephraim, I have your standard tenants’ package and it says nothing either way about space heaters. I don’t use one, but if I lived in an older apartment building with poor insulation and a cheap landlord unwilling to stoke the furnace, I might.