ThatThar

ThatThar t1_j9whnjy wrote

AC is not legally required in Virginia, so it's going to come down to what your lease says. If your lease mentions that air conditioning will be provided, they have to provide it and are in violation of the lease by refusing to fix it. In that case, you can send your landlord a letter via certified mail that if the air conditioning is not fixed within a reasonable time period, you will file a Tenant's Rights and Assertions form with the court and have rent held in escrow.

If your lease doesn't mention AC, you're out of luck.

Source: had to deal with this when Dodson turned off my AC for 4 weeks in the middle of the summer by unhooking it from the breaker.

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