Re: Pa heat laws, how low can I go? - Landlord Forum thread 271028

Re: Pa heat laws, how low can I go? by Anon E. Mouse (California) on November 21, 2012 @00:44

There may not be a minimum set out by ordinance or statute. That said, don't mess with the heating. Turning the heat down puts you at risk of "accidentally" constructively evicting your tenants. That is, because you have made the units uninhabitable, the tenants can not only leave without any further obligation to pay you rent, but they can also sue you for violating the lease agreement. Extreme? Maybe. All it takes is for a judge to agree that in the absence of a statute giving you a bare-minimum standard, the particular temperature you set it at was too cold.

Don't mess with the heat.

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