http://www.tenants-rights.org/building-security-locks-the-law-faq/ tenants helping tenants improve their lives since 1981 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:59:13 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tenants-rights.org/building-security-locks-the-law-faq/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 John Bartlett Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:55:50 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=366#comment-1245 Here is link with a picture of the locks required on the front and back doors of an apartment. http://www.tenants-rights.org/building-security-locks-the-law-faq/ You can try calling 311 and requesting an inspection and the city inspector should cite the landlord for any violations. Are there other tenants impacted by this door? If so could all join together and write the landlord a letter demanding the repair of the locks. Finally if you are covered by the landlord and tenants ordinance then you could possibly hire someone to replace the locks and give keys to everyone including the landlord. You will have to follow certain procedures described in the law including sending a 14-day letter. Here is a link to a sample letter http://www.tenants-rights.org/apartment-conditions-repair-repair-and-deduct-sample-letter/. Here is link with a picture of the locks required on the front and back doors of an apartment. http://www.tenants-rights.org/building-security-locks-the-law-faq/ You can try calling 311 and requesting an inspection and the city inspector should cite the landlord for any violations. Are there other tenants impacted by this door? If so could all join together and write the landlord a letter demanding the repair of the locks. Finally if you are covered by the landlord and tenants ordinance then you could possibly hire someone to replace the locks and give keys to everyone including the landlord. You will have to follow certain procedures described in the law including sending a 14-day letter. Here is a link to a sample letter http://www.tenants-rights.org/apartment-conditions-repair-repair-and-deduct-sample-letter/.

]]> http://www.tenants-rights.org/building-security-locks-the-law-faq/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 David Westling Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:45:57 +0000 http://mtotest.justinmassa.com/?p=366#comment-1241 I write on behalf of a friend. She had her computer stolen in a break-in. There is no functioning lock on the back door of the yard bordering on the alley behind her building. Is the landlord required to have a functioning lock on the back door of the yard? The burglars got access to her apartment by coming in through the unlocked back door bordering the alley. She has spoken to the landlord after the burglary and he is refusing to put in a lock for this back door. I write on behalf of a friend. She had her computer stolen in a break-in. There is no functioning lock on the back door of the yard bordering on the alley behind her building. Is the landlord required to have a functioning lock on the back door of the yard? The burglars got access to her apartment by coming in through the unlocked back door bordering the alley. She has spoken to the landlord after the burglary and he is refusing to put in a lock for this back door.

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