So rental advocates are calling for maximum temperatures as well as minimums.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-heat-wave-august-2023-rental-housing-rules-1.6935647
So by this logic if there’s a maximum permissible temperature, if I have AC installed in the rental unit it must run at whatever level is necessary 24/7 to not exceed that maximum temperature at any time, even if it adds hundreds of dollars a month to the renter’s utility bill?
Nobody would want to put someone’s health at risk by letting it get too hot.
Is that really what tenants want? Because I sure wouldn’t have wanted that kind of bill when I was renting, I would’ve just preferred a cheap fan I could turn on or maybe a home brew swamp cooler.
Or are they just clumsily wanting landlords to supply ACs with rental units now, which will drive prices even higher even before electrical upgrades….
Not sure if they want plentiful housing, affordable housing, or nicely outfitted suites.
Renters may pick 1 of the above options only.
Landlords are already charging as much as they can possibly extract out of renters. They can’t charge more because their expenses go up; they charge what the market can bear.