Allows tenants the right to offset rent with payments made for the repair or service maintenance of an oil fired or other heating device where reasonable efforts were made to notify the landlord of the heating failure, the agency used is reasonably engaged in the business of making such repairs and an itemized bill for such service is provided.
Provides that an itemized bill or invoice, receipted or marked paid, for services or repairs of an amount not in excess of five thousand dollars is admissible in evidence and is prima facie evidence of the reasonable value and necessity of such services or repairs itemized therein in a civil action if accompanied by proper certification from the person rendering such services or making such repairs.
Allows a tenant to offset against future rental payments the cost of certain emergency repairs a landlord is either unwilling or unable to correct within twenty-four hours of notice to the landlord of the need for such emergency repair, provided that the tenant provides landlord with itemized cost accounting of all emergency repairs made.
Provides that itemized bills or invoices, receipted or marked paid, for services, supplies or repairs of an amount not in excess of ten thousand dollars are admissible in evidence and are prima facie evidence of the reasonable value and necessity of such services, supplies or repairs itemized therein in any civil action.
Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and certification of the existence of such violation by the local agency charged with enforcement of housing codes, may contract for the repair of such condition and offset the price of such repair from his rental payments if the landlord fails to commence work to correct the condition within a certain period after notice is received.
Prohibits an individual or entity that performs services, work, or repairs from performing the services, work, or repairs relating to any insurance claim for which a public adjuster represents the insured or has negotiated or effected a settlement where such public adjuster has a financial or ownership interest in such individual or entity that performs the services, work, or repairs; requires public adjusters to make certain disclosures.
Restricts the rental of safety recalled cars until they are repaired in accordance with the recall; requires disclosure of such recall notices to prospective vehicle renters if such recalled cars have not been repaired.
Restricts the rental of safety recalled cars until they are repaired in accordance with the recall; requires disclosure of such recall notices to prospective vehicle renters if such recalled cars have not been repaired.
Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental; requires insurance coverage of at least one million dollars and an additional one hundred thousand dollars per tenant if tenants reside in such building.
Authorizes municipalities to establish an emergency repair pilot program to enable municipalities to repair immediately hazardous code violations in buildings where the owner has not undertaken such repairs in a reasonable time.