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The specific requirements for when the landlord must provide heat in an elderly housing community may vary by jurisdiction. In general, landlords are typically required to provide heat during certain months, usually from October to May, to ensure the habitability of the property and the well-being of the elderly residents. It's recommended to review the local housing laws and regulations for more precise information.
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Why are infants and elderly more susceptible to temperature?
Infants and elderly individuals have compromised thermoregulation mechanisms, making them more susceptible to temperature changes. Infants have higher body surface area to body weight ratio, leading to faster heat loss. Elderly individuals might have decreased ability to regulate body temperature due to age-related physiological changes and chronic health conditions.
What is the difference between an Elder and an old person?
What you have to understand about elderly people, is that they're people who have passed their reasonable term of usefulness, and do little more than take up space, increasing the total amount of human body heat and thereby contributing to global warming. A green world is a world free of old people!
Why are elderly people less likely to maintain body temperature?
The main cause is the decrease in subcutaneous fatty tissue or fat just below the skin. This fatty layer, in temperature regulation, helps to insulate the body from heat leaving the body as well as cold entering the body from the environment.
How did elderly people survive humidity before air conditioning?
People do die from the heat, every summer. There are, however, ways to deal with the heat other than by means of air conditioning. If you can go swimming in an ocean or lake or river or pool, that can be very helpful. Even if you just hose yourself down, that can help.
Air Conditioning and The Elderly?
Air conditioning is important during the summer months. Depending upon your geographic location, it can literally mean life or death. Many inner cities offer free air conditioning units to the poor during the summer. The elderly are especially at risk for dying from lack of air conditioning. When the body becomes too hot, it can have a heat stroke, and many senior citizens die from this condition. The problem is not always a lack of air conditioning; sometimes, it is simply the expense of burning electricity for the cool air. Many seniors live on fixed budgets from Social Security. They can no afford excessive utility bills, so some of them just suffer the summer. When the winter comes, many also suffer the cold weather too. Government programs can offer some relief to many. Many community action programs will run an ad on the radio or newspaper announcing when they are giving away air conditioning units. Also, the programs will usually pay one utility bill during the summer, and then again in the winter. This assistance offers some help to people that are suffering in poverty. In fact, many seniors are well below the poverty line. Many retire with no other income than Social Security. This meager income barely helps them to get by. The majority of them do not have family to supplement their needs, and adult children often live out-of-state, so these old people are having to fend for themselves. The poverty is not always a result of laziness. Many hard working older people put in their time, but the Social Security system just provides a small monthly income. In fact, some seniors have to go without their medication to pay bills. Our system in the U.S. is troubling at times. Our oldest citizens are not taken care of properly. These are the people that have labored for years, and the time has come when they need assistance. Thus, no elderly person should die because of lack of air conditioning. This just should not be so. Our nation is one of the wealthiest in the world, and we owe it to our seniors to take care of them. The very minimum is an air conditioning unit that cools off their home. We can do this.
When does lanlord have to turn heat on in ct?
the weather getting cool when the landlord should turn on on the heat
How long does your landlord have to fix your heat in Virginia?
I don't know but my father is a landlord and he had someone whos heat was broken so he took them some space heaters until he could get the prob. fixed did yours do that??
Douglasville Georgia landlord and tenant issue no heat?
Notify the landlord immediately to the no-heat issue. If they do not get this fixed within 72 hours, send them a notice to quit and a demand for security deposit. They've violated the warranty of implied habitability. Which requires heat!
What are landlord responsibilites?
The landlord is responsible for anything needing done to make the property suitable for decent living. AC and heat, hot water, roof leaks, good plumbing ect. are all on the landlord.
I recently found out that by law New York City landlords have to pay heat and hot water for every apartment do they always follow this?
(2009) In NYC, all landlords must provide hot water. In NYC, for buildings in which the landlord must provide heat, if the landlord refuses to provide adequate heat then the tenants must make a complaint to 311 and ultimately to HPD. If the landlord refuses to provide heat the landlord will be forced to do so by HPD if an inspection reveals that the landlord is not complying with the law. This requires much persistence from complaining tenants. HPD can force the landlord's hand by sending in their own plumbers to install a working boiler and to purchase oil for it if the landlrod refuses to comply - then they bill the landlord. If the landlord refuses to pay they can put a lien on the property. In NYC, there are residential buildings in which, tenants have an agreement with the landlord to pay for their own heat. In such case, if the apartment is rent-regulaed under the law then, such tenants receive a discount on their rent. (If the apartment is not rent-regulated, the sky is the limit on rent.) Anyway, landlords do not always comply with the law and many of them deny essential services to tenants. And hence, we have the constant battle between landlords and tenants in NYC. In fact, there are more cases heard in NYC housing court every year than there are criminal cases heard in federal court throughout the entire US every year.
If you are on section 8 can you sue them and the landlord for allowing you to live in deplorable conditions?
I cannot see how Section 8 (your local housing authority), and your landlord could both conspire to allow you to live in such deplorable conditions as you so claim. As stated below by another user, your dwelling must meet housing quality standards as dictated by HUD, not your local housing authority and not your landlord. Every year, in order for you to maintain your voucher in the same apartment or dwelling, it must be inspected by the Housing Program Coordinator, or HPC. In addition to their performing standard inspections they ask you if there are any repairs that you feel need to be made. If that repair is essential for meeting housing quality standards, the HPC will so state on his report, which may result in flagging the apartment or dwelling for further inspection, simply asking the landlord to repair it, or failing the apartment of the inspection. If your dwelling fails or housing quality standards as a result of this inspection, your landlord will be asked to repair the item or you will be required to move to another dwelling. Now, with regard to suing your landlord over this, it depends on any damages the landlord may have caused by failing to repair the item requested. This matter is primarily between you and your landlord, not your local housing authority. If, on the other hand, the housing program coordinator knowingly passes an apartment or dwelling, knowing that it fails to meet housing quality standards according to HUD, then you can file a complaint to the housing authority or to HUD about this. The regional HUD office and your local housing authority are two different agencies, though they may be adjacent to each other. By going to the HUD web site you can download a copy of an inspection form that is used by the housing program coordinator. THE MATERIAL BELOW WAS WRITTEN BY ANOTHER USER. I agree with this statement. Section 8 housing has to meet certain criteria. All outlets in your apartment have to be in working order, the windows and blinds must open and close properly, the heat and all apliances must be working, toilets must flush, sinks must drain, etc. There is also a degree of cleanliness that must be met on your end. No mold or filth etc. There are many requirements from the housing athority as to the condition your home must be in to qualify for the program. I am an apartment manager for a section 8 property and have to have the resident units inspected every year to qualify for their program. If I were you I would request an inspection from the housing authority and go from there. I would also document all correspondnce between myself and the landlord and the housing authority with dates and times and details of conversation. So, request an inspection and then go from there.
What day does the landlord have to turn on the heat?
In Ontario, Canada the landlord is required to maintain a minimum temp of 20 degrees Celsius between Sept 1 and June 15.
Do elderly couples ever get raided because they use lots of heat and the police think they grow cannabis?
No. Most elderly couples do not get raided, and most police do not think that elderly couples are growing cannabis.
How do you replace heater core in 2000 crown Victoria?
How to remove the heat core housing on a 2001 crown Victoria? I remove the dashboard, can't get heat core housing out.
How often is a landlord required to replace heat pump?
when its broke or u can prove its not working right
Tenant never switched gas into their own name. The landlord paid the bill for 7 months and then stopped. What are the tenant's rights?
If the lease agreement states that the tenant should switch the account to their name and pay the gas bill then the tenant should pay the landlord back. If there was no written agreement, or understanding, that the tenant pay the gas bill then you could try filing a complaint with the town, housing court, landlord-tenant agency, etc., if the landlord simply stopped providing heat and hot water. If the understanding was that the tenant pay their gas, they never switched the account to their name and the landlord didn't notice for seven months, then the tenant should start paying the gas bill and hope the landlord doesn't sue them for all the prior gas charges.
Does the landlord have to provide heat for your rental space?
In the U.S., all northern states require a landlord to provide heat. In Massachusetts, the heating system must be capable of sustaining 68 degrees during the day, and 64 degrees at night. Not sure about southern states.
