For people who have renters in KY, we are only required to provide water and heat between Oct 1 and May 1. No mention of air conditioning is made anywhere.

Karilly, But only if that is in your lease. If my lease states that the tenants are responsible to have the water, gas, electric in their name and they sign that lease then they are responsible for those bills. If they get shut off for lack of payment, then I have no responsibility to make sure they have those services. I am quoting for a single family home, not in a duplex.

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Originally Posted by ReneeK

It is my understanding that you can't turn off the electricity or the water before you evict them. This is called a constructive eviction, and is VERY illegal

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Please see my responses here. I agree the landlord can't tell the utility to shut off service. That would be illegal. However, the landlord CAN tell the utility they are no longer responsible for payment, it's the responsibility of the tenant. The utility then makes the decision to shut off service if the tenant hasn't paid or hasn't established an account. That APPEARS to be what happened here.

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Originally Posted by Karlly1

For people who have renters in KY, we are only required to provide water and heat between Oct 1 and May 1. No mention of air conditioning is made anywhere.

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Heat I can understand, but not water. But even that would be subject to the terms of the lease. If the house has electric heat and the lease states the tenant is responsible for setting up and paying for an account with the utility, then the landlord is not responsible. This all depends on the terms of the lease and the type of dwelling.

Not a suggestion.. but. Just remembering the movie pacific heights... (are we allowed to mention things like this?) where the person never paid rent but the landlords hands were tied.. I like all of the answers above.. they are very true... and good clear suggestions..