Unless it's in the lease, nothing in Tennessee's Landlord-Tenant Act gives renters the right to air conditioning.

Despite how hot it is, landlords in Tennessee are not required to keep the air conditioning running.

In our changing climate, that probably comes as a surprise.

However, unless it’s in the lease, nothing in Tennessee’s Landlord-Tenant Act gives renters the right to air conditioning.

“I think it’s unfair. It’s inhumane to me because without air we can’t live and breathe,” said Anita Brown.

  • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
    42·
    5 months ago

    I had jury duty once and the air conditioning was acting up. Judge announced we would all be moving to a different room as a result, which we did.

    Guess it isn’t a luxury when it’s a judge’s place of work.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      30·
      5 months ago

      It’s very much a selective thing. Humans vs meat machines.

      I’m a meat machine. The factory I work in regularly gets over 90°F in the summer and being on long Island its also humid as fuck like 75%+.

      I checked the NY state laws on factory conditions and wouldn’t you know it, the fucking laws are vague as shit to allow essentially anything… “All factories must maintain a reasonable temperature and humidity.” That’s the fucking law. “Reasonable” is not defined anywhere in that law… I contacted my business cuck "R"epresentative about what that law means or how we determine what is reasonable, and yet again wouldn’t you know, he never responded…

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
        6·
        5 months ago

        Bohemia area by the mini airport? Did some factory work in that part of LI. Yes it can very much feel like you are working in a sauna there.

        • Asafum@feddit.nl
          4·
          5 months ago

          That’s actually the area where I went to learn HVAC! I’m much more east now past Riverhead actually, I couldn’t deal with the traffic lol

          Happy cake day apparently! Lol

      • bluewing@lemm.ee
        3·
        5 months ago

        Been there done that too when I was a toolmaker. Old buildings with no air flow, (except in the winter on sub-zero F days). But hey, sometimes on the really bad days we would get an extra 5 minutes at break. And maybe on very rare occasions, a Popsicle.

        Good times…

    • Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      5 months ago

      For ambulances, if the air conditioning is broken in the patient compartment it’s considered a critical fault and the vehicle needs to be out of service. In the cab it’s a minor. Maybe it’s in case a judge needs to be transported.