Heat and hot water

In New Mexico, your landlord must supply running water, a reasonable amount of hot water at all times, and reasonable heat. The duty does not cover a building the law does not require to have heat or hot water. It does not cover heat or hot water made by equipment only you control and supplied by a direct public utility connection.

Your landlord must supply running water and enough hot water at all times. Your landlord must also supply reasonable heat and air conditioning if the building has these systems and the weather calls for it. This does not apply if the law does not require the building to have these systems. It also does not apply if your unit is built so you control your own heat, air conditioning or hot water. That must run through your own utility (water, electric, gas) connection.

If the home came with a heating system when the rental agreement was made, your landlord must keep it in good and safe working condition. A heating system must supply enough heat at all times.

Your landlord must give you running water, a reasonable amount of hot water, and reasonable heat at all times. This does not apply if your building is not legally required to have them. It also does not apply to heat or hot water if your unit makes its own. This happens when your equipment connects straight to the gas or electric company. You must still pay for any of these that your lease says you pay for.

Your landlord must supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times. Your landlord must supply reasonable heat between October 1 and May 1. These duties do not apply if the law does not require the building to have that equipment. They also do not apply if you alone control the installation that makes the heat or hot water.

Your landlord must supply running water at all times. Your landlord must supply reasonable heat. Your landlord must supply reasonable amounts of hot water at all times. The duty ends in two cases. One: the law does not require the building to be equipped for that. Two: the home is built so that heat or hot water comes from equipment within your exclusive control (only you control it). That equipment must have a direct connection to a public utility (a company that serves the public).

Your landlord must supply running water, a reasonable amount of hot water at all times, and reasonable heat. This duty does not apply to a building the law does not require to have heat or hot water. It also does not apply if only you control the heater and you pay the gas or electric company directly for it.

Outside New York City, the state Property Maintenance Code sets the heat rule. The 2025 code took effect December 31, 2025. If your landlord is responsible for heat, it must keep every room used for living, every bathroom and every toilet room at 68°F. That rule runs from September 15 to May 31.

New York City uses its own codes. There the state law for apartment buildings sets a floor of 68°F from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. when it is below 55°F outside. That floor applies from October 1 to May 31. City rules also require at least 62°F from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., whatever the temperature outside.

Heat season in NYC runs October 1 to May 31. If it is below 55 degrees outside, your apartment must be at least 68 degrees from 6am to 10pm. From 10pm to 6am, it must be at least 62 degrees. This is true no matter how cold it is outside.

You must have hot water every day of the year, 24 hours a day. The hot water must be at least 120 degrees.

Your landlord must supply running water, reasonable amounts of hot water at all times, and reasonable heat. There are 3 cases where this duty does not apply. The law does not require the building to have that equipment. Or only the tenant controls the equipment that makes the heat or hot water, and it uses a direct public utility connection. Or a public utility (a water, electric, or gas company) cannot supply it.

Your landlord must supply running water, reasonable hot water, and reasonable heat. This rule does not apply to single-family homes, or if your gas, electric, or water company bills you directly.

Pennsylvania has no single statewide rule that sets an exact indoor temperature for rentals. Cities write heat rules into their property codes, so the exact rule depends on where you live. In Philadelphia, heating systems must be able to keep rooms at 68 degrees from October 1 through April 30. That rule covers two-family homes, apartment buildings, and rooming houses. Check your city's guide for its rule.

If your landlord agreed to provide heat, Pittsburgh's property maintenance code says they must supply it from October 1 through May 31. The Allegheny County Health Department defines the heating season with the same dates. Under county rules, every home occupied in this season must have safe heating in good working condition. It must be able to safely heat every room people live in, every bathroom, and the hallways inside the home.

During heating season, Allegheny County Health Department rules set a minimum indoor temperature for homes. If it is 10°F or warmer outside, your home must be at least 68°F, wherever the thermostat is. If it is colder than 10°F outside, your home must never be below 61°F. Your landlord is responsible for this, unless you agreed in writing to supply the heating devices.

Your landlord must supply enough heat, water, and hot water for you to use normally.

Your landlord must give you running water, reasonable hot water, and reasonable heat at all times. This does not apply if the law does not require your building to have heat or hot water. It also does not apply if you control the equipment that makes your heat and hot water. You would pay for it directly to the water, electric, or gas company.

Some West Virginia homes get water and heat from utilities (water, electric, gas) through direct public connections. For those homes, the landlord must supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times. The landlord must supply reasonable heat from October 1 to the last day of April. This does not apply where the tenant controls the installation that makes the water or heat.