Is a landlord required to provide screens for his/her tenant's windows?
Rental laws are different from country to country, state to state, city to city, and sometimes even neighborhood to neighborhood. You didn't mention where you live, so there's no way anyone can tell you a definitive answer. Anyway, laws are different everywhere, and thus what's required of a landlord and what's not required can at times vastly differ, HOWEVER... generally screens for windows aren't required. That's your own choice, and as it doesn't effect the fundamental living conditions (ie: not something that can cause harm, etc...) the landlord has no responsibility to put up any screens. Generally, they're only required to tend to things like problems with electrical wiring, gas leaks, pests, hot (and cold) running water, leaks in the ceiling and walls, etc... ie: things that are safety issues or are extremely necessary for daily life (ie: hot water). You may want to ask him again - tell some windows are still without. Or just don't open the windows without, or buy your own screens (they're not terribly expensive) EDIT: It's not considered a safety hazard because you don't need to have your windows open... it's not like electrical wiring which can suddenly start a fire just because your refrigerator's plugged in. Anyway, a lot of the Bay Area has fairly strict rental laws... I'm in San Francisco, and ours is probably the strictest in the country, sans planned communities/home owners associations. And I know that *here* screens aren't required. Many places don't have them at all... and from my time in the South Bay it seems many places there don't have them at all, either. So I doubt it's required, since WG isn't a planned community and I don't think it has a homeowner's association (generally communities with thriving downtowns aren't the HOA type). However, Willow Glen has a *neighborhood* association, so you should call them and they'd probably know for sure: http://www.wgna.net/ Honestly, just ask him again. Many landlords are well intentioned but REALLY lazy, and don't finish the job then forget about it. Sometimes if you remind them they'll finish it... so it's worth a shot, anyway.
Does my landlord have to provide hot water and electricity?
The place has to be liveable, which would include electricity and hot water (showering, lights). Contact your city's health department if the landlord is withholding this from you. The tenant generally has to have the electricity turned on by the Electric Company and then pay the bill, but hot water is part of the structure of the building (furnace/water heater) which should be there for you already.
Does a landlord have to provide the tenant's attorney with a copy of the lease?
Well, is this a novel/script you’re writing? Sorry, I sound skeptical, I know, and I might be a complete jerk. But, “to investigate the situation” is a peculiar remark. I might not have seen everything that can happen with a tenant and one of my apartments, but I can’t even think of an instance of a tenant of ours, or one of our landlord friends, where a tenant has hired an attorney to “investigate” a “situation”.So. My imagination is working overtime. But I’ll dial it down and simply assume that the tenant is being evicted for violations of the lease, or the tenant wants out of the lease without penalty, and for whatever reason doesn’t have a copy of the lease.So who’s reluctant to provide the lease? The landlord or the property manager? Or haven’t you gotten that far in your novel/script? If it were me as the landlord, I’d make a few snarky remarks and then provide a copy of the lease to the attorney. If it were the property manager, the proper procedure would be for that person to contact the landlord. If the landlord was unavailable (and in our case that was more likely than not), the property manager would most likely advise the tenant’s attorney to file (whatever) a document with the court to obtain a copy of the lease, and it is most likely that the court would so order - though our property manager would most likely have provided a copy of the lease to that attorney without a court order.Why not? I cannot think of a scenario where the lease would not eventually be provided anyway, so why would a landlord or property manager not provide it immediately after receiving a request for it?With a good reason presented to the court, the tenant’s attorney can compel production of a copy of the lease with little effort. I’d have to be very, very angry to make a tenant jump through hoops to get something so easily provided.
Does a landlord have to provide air conditioning in the state of arizona?
I have linked below the "Residential Landlord and Tenant Act" for Arizona (this is in PDF format, so you will need adobe acrobat reader to view it). This should help you understand what you are required to do, and what your landlord is required to do as well as give courses of action you can take if your landlord is not complying with the law or the lease. Title 33, Article 4, Section § 33-1364. as well as Article 2, Section § 33-1324. are the specific sections of the RLTA of Arizona that cover this issue. I do not live in AZ, and I am not a lawyer, and I would recommend you call an attorney or at least call the Arizona Secretary of State's Public Services Division, I have linked their site below as well. They should be able to give you basic information of what the law says (not what it means as this would be legal advice and they are not lawyers) and be able to tell you what Titles to look under about what is required to be provided in your area. Again I am not a lawyer, but after briefly looking through the two above referenced Sections, specifically Section § 33-1324 Subsection A, Paragraph 6, it is plausible your landlord may have to supply air-conditioning. Arizona Secretary of State's Public Services Division website: http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/publications/residential_landlord_tenant_Act/ Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (PDF): http://www.azsos.gov/public_services/publications/residential_landlord_tenant_Act/Residential.pdf
Can a landlord make their current tenant of less than 2 years replace a 30 year old heating/ac unit?
It depends on where you live and the laws of your area. However, in most jurisdictions in the US there are certain items that are required to be in good working order for a property to be considered habitable. Among these are normally a working toilet, a working sink and adequate/working heating. Check with your state's department of consumer affairs, or the department of real estate. They may have websites where you can look up information. Check to see what are the minimal requirements for a place being considered habitable. Another place would be your local renter's board, or local legal aid. In any shape, heating is a responsibility of the landlord, unless he can prove you specifically did something to make it not work. It is a matter of law that a renter cannot accept something as is, if part of the as is is an uninhabitable condition. By the way, most jurisdictions make it a requirement that if the repairs are not made in a timely fashion, the owner would have to pay for you to have temporary housing - a hotel or whatever, until he fixes it. this can run up into a huge fee. Again, check the state, county, renters board or legal aid.
Does my landlord have to provide hot water and electricity?
The place has to be liveable, which would include electricity and hot water (showering, lights). Contact your city's health department if the landlord is withholding this from you. The tenant generally has to have the electricity turned on by the Electric Company and then pay the bill, but hot water is part of the structure of the building (furnace/water heater) which should be there for you already.
Is a landlord legally required to provide a copy of the lease if it is requested in Missouri?
I agree with Mark, but - and this is something I've never seen in any of the countless leases I've ever read, nor is it industry standard where I'm from (Hawaii) - the only thing I would say is there could be a clause in your lease that releases your landlord from providing you a copy. Now, that doesn't mean your landlord would win a court dispute, but you should just be ready if it comes up. I don't know why your landlord wouldn't agree to give you a copy, that just seems fishy to me. You should write another letter or email and offer to pay for the copying of the lease. I think that would make your case solid, that you even offered to pay for the reproduction. I don't know your state laws and I don't know what federal protection might be available, but I think that, regardless whether there's a clause like that in your lease, most courts would rule in your favor. Good luck!
Does landlord need to return security deposit from broken lease in fl?
here are the details of our broken lease, we signed a 1 year residential lease in florida and had to terminate the lease in october of the same year leaving 7 months on the lease. they have re-rented this property as of november 7th (3 weeks after we left). they have sent us notice that they were keeping our security deposit of $2300 to use for unpaid rent. although they have re rented the property in 3 weeks. from what i have read in tenant laws is they can only collect unpaid rent if property is vacant which it is not we have confirmed this through the property management's office. so the way i read the law and the offices letter is we are entitled to this money and not them since they have re-rented the property. we were paid till the end of october 2008 and they re-rented the first week fo november and the tenant has moved in in already has we have found their phone number and spoke to them. so now the landlord seems to be taking advantages of us because we have moved from fl back to pa. all help you can provide on this matter will be helpful please serious posters only who know about the laws.
How many keys does a landlord have to provide per person in a unit that are on the lease in Florida?
So we just moved into a new apartment and we were only given 1 key fob (which helps us access the actual building, units are inside) and they want to charge me $75 for an additional fob, but there are two people on the lease? (Myself and my wife). Is this even legal? Basically how am I or my wife suppose to get in if one of us isn't here? The key fob is actually the garage door opener for the private garage in the back, so the person with the car needs that fob to get back in when they get home. But I don't want to be confined to the unit until my wife gets home or vise versa, so it's just very confusing. I pay rent, wouldn't I legally be entitled to be able to access the building but not have to pay for an additional fob unless we lost one of them? I mean it also accesses the gym too. I just don't think I should have to pay for a second fob at all cause there are TWO people on the lease, so how does ONE fob work for two people who work overlapping schedules on some days?