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Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival. As Phoenix weathered its 27th consecutive day above 110 degrees (43 Celsius) Wednesday, the nine who died indoors didn't have ...
Arizona is among 19 states with shut-off protections, leaving about half of the U.S. population without safeguards against losing electricity during the summer, the National Energy Assistance ...
Free Air Conditioners for people 65 and older. If you or someone you know is 65 years or older and in need of an air conditioner, the Bishop Sullivan Center’s Project ElderCool can also be ...
The July 1995 Chicago heat wave led to 739 heat-related deaths in Chicago over a period of five days. [1] Most of the victims of the heat wave were elderly poor residents of the city, who did not have air conditioning, or had air conditioning but could not afford to turn it on, and did not open windows or sleep outside for fear of crime. [2]
If an evicted tenant refuses to leave the property, landlords cannot create a hostile environment that would force a tenant to leave the property, a process known as "constructive eviction". [47] For example, landlords may not change a tenant's locks, cut off water or heat, or shut off other essential utilities. [48]
Inmates become “miserable” in prisons without air conditioning and violence tends to increase, he said. “Staff suffer too, and take a lot of days off so the (staff) shortage gets worse.
The landlord must give the tenant reasonable notice before he can enter the tenant's private home. Originally, in an agricultural society, the law expected the landlord to rent the property to a tenant and then leave the tenant alone. It gave the landlord no right of access, but also no responsibility for repairs.
Buying and installing central air conditioner to cool the house during the day is simply beyond their budget. They’re making do with window cooling units, one in their bedroom and the other in ...