Its miserably cold in my apartment and the landlord says theres nothing he can do about it and that I should rent a space heater. What can I do?
By law, all leases in Illinois have imputed to them an implied warranty of habitability which requires the landlord to provide a premises which is habitable, i.e., does not have conditions which threaten the tenant(s) health or safety. Where there is a housing code, or property maintenance code in the municipality where you live, habitability means that the landlord is in compliance with the code. Where there is no such code in effect, a judge on his or her own determines whether the premises are habitable. In the City of DeKalb, the Property Maintenance Code mandates that every dwelling unit shall be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining a room temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.; between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., the temperature shall be at least 60 degrees. If you are encountering heating problems, you should contact your landlord, and, at the same time, v
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