▲ 574 ▼ 'It's inhumane.' Despite how hot it is, Tennessee renters don't have a right to air conditioning (www.newschannel5.com) submitted 2 years ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments Despite how hot it is, landlords in Tennessee are not required to keep the air conditioning running. In our changing climate, that probably comes as a surprise. However, unless it's in the lease, nothing in Tennessee's Landlord-Tenant Act gives renters the right to air conditioning. "I think it's unfair. It's inhumane to me because without air we can't live and breathe," said Anita Brown.
[+] Anamana@feddit.de -15 points 2 years ago* (3 children) 2500 people die because of heat... Sure it sucks but that's like almost nothing https://nypost.com/2021/07/14/more-die-of-cold-medias-heat-death-climate-obsession-leads-to-lousy-fixes/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] treefrog@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] cyberfae@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago 2500 is still a tragedy, especially when a good portion of those deaths were preventable permalink fedilink source parent [–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Who knows, maybe next time that'll be you in that statistic. Not that it'll be a big loss for society permalink fedilink source parent
[+] treefrog@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyberfae@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago 2500 is still a tragedy, especially when a good portion of those deaths were preventable permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Who knows, maybe next time that'll be you in that statistic. Not that it'll be a big loss for society permalink fedilink source parent