[andyk]

It’s amazing what people can rationalize.

[muawiyah]

Rent control is an abomination ~ so are the alternatives in high density urban areas.

I suppose the problems there could be resolved with requirements that all leases be for 20 year minimum periods, but that's not the issue here.

This is a BUILDING CODE ISSUE. The landlord agreed to "maintenance" in order to get occupancy permits so he could rent his space to people to live in ~ remember, even New York has its standards, minimal though they may be, but they got 'em and he agreed to it.

He didn't keep up his end of the bargain ~ he violated the terms of the contract ~ he loses.

She lived in a crummy dump of an apartment for free.

I have no problem with that outcome at all. You sign an agreement with someone (he with the zoning folks) you should abide by it or GIT OUT THE BIZNESS

[Fresh Wind]

Yeah, that woman had some nerve to expect the landlord to provide gas and hot water in her apartment in a building that isn’t on the verge of collapse.

[cuban leaf]

I actually side with her (so far). No gas? No hot water? Sounds like the textbook slum lord.

[stuartcr]

Yeah, rotting wood and no gas for 1 1/2yr, what is she thinking?