Landlord Tenant Laws

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.

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.

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