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如果房東切斷了您的公用事業設施,您該怎麼辦?- What to Do If Your Landlord Shuts Off Your Utilities

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本文適用於以下族群:

  1. 租金包含暖氣、電力、瓦斯或水費的租戶。
  2. 被房東故意切斷水電瓦斯暖氣 (utilities) 供應的租戶。

本文不適用於因未支付帳單而被切斷公用事業設施供應的租戶。

房東在公用事業上有哪些責任?

在新澤西州,房東必須保持出租單位的良好狀態。這包括確保暖氣、電力、瓦斯或其他公用事業設施正常運作。他們必須確保爐灶、暖氣設備和空調等設施正常運作。如果公用事業費用包含在租金中,房東必須確保這些服務持續供應。房東切斷房客的公用事業設施是違法的。

房東的哪些行為屬於非法行為?

房東的以下行為屬於違法行為:

  • 房東關閉暖氣爐,不讓您獲得暖氣或熱水。
  • 房東關閉主電路板 (main circuit board),不讓您獲得電力。
  • 房東要求公用事業公司切斷您的公用事業供應由於您未支付租金。

如果您的暖氣爐、熱水器或電力系統故障,請立即告知房東。房東必須在您告知他們後的一段合理時間內進行維修。

如果房東切斷了你的暖氣、電力或水源,你該怎麼辦?

首先,聯絡您的房東並告知他們問題所在。請務必透過簡訊或電子郵件等書面形式進行溝通。

如果您的房東不解決問題,請聯絡您所在城鎮的法規執行辦公室 (Code Enforcement Office)。法規執行辦公室的工作人員通常會迅速處理公用事業供應中斷的問題。

下一步是在新澤西州高等法院提交一份要求對方說明理由的命令狀(Order to Show Cause,簡稱 OSC)。您可以自行辦理,也可以尋求當地法律服務機構的協助。法官可以命令房東恢復相關服務。

如果租金是在月初到期,您可以暫緩支付租金,直到房東解決問題為止。您必須以書面通知房東,告知您將暫扣租金至問題解決。

作為最後的辦法,您可以用自己的錢進行維修,然後從未來的租金中扣除費用。務必保留所有用於維修的租金收據。

在您暫緩支付租金或使用租金支付維修費用之前,您必須以書面通知房東所存在的問題。您還必須給房東一個合理的時間來解決問題。只有在房東不進行維修或您確定房東故意中斷您的服務時,您才能採取這些措施。

中部澤西法律服務處(Central Jersey Legal Services 簡稱CJLS) 專為低收入家庭和老年人提供免費民事法律援助。如果您有房東房客糾紛、家庭暴力、社會福利、移民、消費等問題,請撥打732-249-7600。我們有會說中文的工作人員為您服務。

 

 

 

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