Landlord and Tenant Rights and Responsibilities

questions & answers

Question: What exactly are landlords required to provide for there tenants Other than smoke detectors

Answer: As a general rule, the landlord is required to provide whatever the rental agreement between the landlord and the tenant says the landlord is required to provide. Under Arizona law, there is no specific list of which appliances (for example) the landlord must provide. Under Section 33-1324 of the Arizona Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, what landlords are required to do is each of the following: “1. Comply with the requirements of applicable building codes materially affecting health and safety as prescribed in section 9-1303. 2. Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition. 3. Keep all common areas of the premises in a clean and safe condition. 4. Maintain in good and safe working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, supplied or required to be supplied by him. 5. Provide and maintain appropriate receptacles and conveniences for the removal of ashes, garbage, rubbish and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the dwelling unit and arrange for their removal. 6. Supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times, reasonable heat and reasonable air-conditioning or cooling where such units are installed and offered, when required by seasonal weather conditions, except where the building that includes the dwelling unit is not required by law to be equipped for that purpose or the dwelling unit is so constructed that heat, air-conditioning, cooling or hot water is generated by an installation within the exclusive control of the tenant and supplied by a direct public utility connection.”