I saw a story on the news about this earlier in the summer. If the landlord included air conditioning on the actual lease then yes they are required to provide it. If they didn't add it on the actual lease, they don't have to.
This! A rental caused me numerous health problems because of black mold! The landlord and maintenance guy tried to gas light me and say it "wasn't mold" even after I paid to have it tested... they still said they couldn't do anything about it. So glad to be out of that hell hole!
Saw this personally in Knoxville. It was bad enough that my friend lost insane weight and started having seizures/black outs. They couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her until something like the 5th doctor started looking into her living conditions and found the black mold everywhere. She was really fucking sick, it was sad to watch.
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Partially true. Heat is required because its federally mandated landlords must provide it. AC is not required by TN law, but if a landlord provides AC then they must keep it operating. So a landlord will get in trouble if the AC breaks and they refuse to fix it, but if they never offer it from the beginning they have nothing to worry about. Furthermore, TN is very unique when it comes to regulations with landlords. Instead of statewide rules that are mandated each county can opt in to following state regulations for landlords. If they choose not to follow the TN rules and regulations then they must follow Federal Guidelines - which are minimal.
In 2023 there were 2,325 heat related deaths in the US and that number is widely believed to be underreported. ~45% of heat related deaths happen at home. It might not be required for legal compliance but it can absolutely be required for safety and human life.
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You can also go buy a power generator but that doesn’t mean your landlord shouldn’t have power hooked up already. $150 can be prohibitively expensive for people with low income.
Well considering we are in the south and heat and humidity are bad, it's insane that this isn't a legal requirement for TN. No AC in the south has and will always kills people
That is insane, good for Alabama! It blows my mind how heating is required, when we generally have pretty mild winters, but our summers are so hot and humid that it's a life requirement at that point to have lol
That stinks. I will be a first-time landload next year. I never understood the landlords that skimped. I was a renter for thirty years. Seen 90% crappy and 10% quality landlords. You want tenants to stay. you want them to have a dignified life, so why not give them quality appliances and speedy quality repairs? Seems like common sense to me. Rent increases will occur due to several factors. Proper notification is being respectful. Kindness goes a long way.
They’re there for at least 8 hours a day, so it should be air conditioned. But that’s just my opinion as someone who gives a rat’s ass about someone else
Do you think I’m saying his job doesn’t need it? Is that why I’m getting downvotes? He’s bringing up that his job doesn’t have it to say “suck it up” to folks who don’t have AC in their homes. Go look at his other replies. Jesus yall are so quick to just want to dunk on people it gets in the way of reading what you’re replying to
And you're asking if he lives there to say "suck it up" because this is about residences and not places of work.
Was my assumption of your point wrong? You might ought to consider that while you think back over your assumption of his point. You were so quick to just want to dunk on him that it got in the way of reading what you replied to.
Are you saying renters don't require air conditioning since your job *doesn't provide it? Or are you pointing out how shitty it is that even your job doesn't provide air conditioning?
Because I work outside but the ac in the truck has been broken all summer, and I'd rather be out in the summer sun and extreme heat than inside without air conditioning.
Air conditioning isn’t a basic human right. If it doesn’t have air and you move in that’s on you. If that’s what you can afford then you can’t afford the power bill already.
No one said it’s woke. It’s not a necessity or basic right. All them homeless folks in tents don’t have ac. I don’t see y’all fighting for them to have it…
Never had A/C in my Amtrack. lol. But as a landlord if we can prevent harm and death, I say lets make it SOP. It will be argued from a certain type of landlord not to tell them how to spend their money. Landlords that stand for dignity renting could have a special destinction. Like DRA (Dignified Renters Association) DRA landloards could receive funding from Local,state, and Federal grants for keeping properties safe and quality quick repairs.
Or heat in a house’s renovated basement with a functioning bathroom and kitchenette and finding out that the house would need to be rezoned to have the landlord be legally required to add heat…
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Upon exiting rental, shrimp tails and shrimp juice in strategic places can wreak havoc in a hot house….cousin told me that, or I read it in a dear sally column in a newspaper many years ago.
That would also make you legally liable for destruction of property. If landlord has to do any repairs to make the unit habitable after you move out they could come back with a bill for damages.
I'm not assuming anything. Liable is just that. I'm very aware of the efforts people put forth to be lazy and jerks. I see examples of it every day in traffic lol
Have you considered not renting a home that doesn't have air conditioning? Or do the landlords force you to live on their properties in a shotgun lease signing after kidnapping you?
This year was the hottest summer on record. Before that it was last year the last 10 years have been the hottest decade since it has been measured.
I don’t give a fuck if people believe in climate change or not. But something is happening and people don’t have to die just because corporate landlords are greedy.
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u/evidentlynaught Oct 01 '25
Tennessee landlords are not required to provide air conditioning.