Landlord Tenant Laws

OBLIGATIONS OF LANDLORDS

Building owners must provide safe, clean, secure living conditions, including:

• Keeping the premises fit for human habitation and keeping common areas reasonably clean and safe;
• Controlling insects, rodents and other pests;
• Maintaining roof, walls and foundation and keeping the unit weathertight;
• Maintaining electrical, plumbing, heating and other equipment and appliances supplied by the owner;
• Providing adequate containers for garbage and arranging for garbage pickup;
• When responsible for providing heat in rental units
• In non-transient accommodations, providing keys to unit and building entrance doors and, in most cases, changing the lock mechanism and keys upon a change of tenants;
• Installing smoke detectors and instructing tenants in their maintenance and operation.

OBLIGATIONS OF TENANTS

Tenants must maintain rental housing in a safe, clean manner, including:

• All buildings are non-smoking.
• Properly disposing of garbage;
• Exercising care in use of electrical and plumbing fixtures;
• Promptly repairing any damage caused by them or their guests;
• Granting reasonable access for inspection, maintenance, repair and pest control;
• Maintaining smoke detectors in good working order
• Refraining from storing dangerous materials on the premises.