## Q43 key (Furnace and March Rent)

1. Complete loss of heat at 49 degrees is a habitability breach, and confirmed portal and email notice was adequate. More than 48 hours passed without repair. Missed: Sora waits through unsafe conditions despite satisfying the trigger.
2. The landlord has no evidence of tenant causation, while the licensed report attributes the failure to age. Rule 6 does not defeat the remedy. Missed: an unsupported filter accusation blocks essential service.
3. Sora may authorize the licensed $1,400 repair because it is necessary, reasonable, below one month's $1,650 rent, and she has not used the remedy in 12 months. Missed: she either pays without using the statute or hires outside its conditions.
4. Friday rent due is $1,650 minus $1,400 = $250. Send the invoice, proof of payment, notices, and a calculation with the $250. Missed: a lawful deduction becomes nonpayment through poor documentation.
5. The $260 hotel cost may be claimed as actual damages but may not be deducted from rent without agreement or judgment. Missed: deducting it leaves a $260 default.
6. Do not withhold all rent or claim immediate termination under rules not supplied. Preserve records and seek the hotel amount separately. Missed: Sora converts a strong habitability claim into rent default.
7. Warn the landlord that adverse action within 90 days carries a retaliation presumption, while continuing ordinary compliance. Missed: retaliation protection is unused or treated as immunity from rent.