LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas household dwelling on the Hampton Residences mentioned they’ve been left to undergo in harmful warmth after their air con broke down for the third time previously month.
“At this level, nobody has talked about changing the air con or determining what the basis of the issue is. It is at all times we’ll repair it since you yelled at us,” Michael Sterling mentioned.
The household mentioned complicated administration has advised them that air con “isn’t considered an emergency,” regardless of Las Vegas temperatures usually topping 110 levels this month. To manage, the household mentioned they had been pressured to buy a transportable air con unit out of pocket.
They’ve now moved right into a single bed room the place the transportable unit is operating on a regular basis simply to maintain the room cool sufficient to keep away from warmth stroke.
“We have given them a verbal discover, now we have to give them a written discover. Then we’ll need to observe what authorized avenues now we have so as to be recompensated for electrical energy or making an attempt to get a lodge room,” Michael Sterling mentioned.
The household shared their electrical invoice with our information group, saying it has practically doubled because of the added pressure of retaining the transportable unit operating.
Beneath Nevada regulation, landlords are required to take care of secure and livable housing situations, which embody offering working air con throughout excessive warmth.
In response to the Nevada Revised Statutes, landlords should tackle important repairs that influence well being and security in a well timed method. In Clark County, that commonplace consists of functioning air con through the summer time.
Native well being specialists say heat-related sicknesses can occur rapidly, particularly to kids, seniors, and pets. Signs of warmth exhaustion embody dizziness, nausea, complications, and, in extreme instances, warmth stroke, which could be life-threatening.
“They called me unprofessional, and I’m like, if you were in my spot, would you be unprofessional too. I have dogs, I have a toddler, and I went off on them and they didn’t care,” Samantha Sterling mentioned.
The household mentioned they’ve repeatedly contacted Hampton Residences administration however have solely acquired obscure assurances that repairs are coming “soon.”
One can attain out to the Clark County public response code enforcement workplace for any landlord disputes at 702-455-4191.
