On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 07:48:27 -0800 (PST), G Francis
wrote:

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You may want to call the city to see if the landlord is in compliance
with codes,

This is almost the last thing he should do. Landlords don't like it
when a tenant complains to code enforcement, especially if they are in
compliance but now they have an inspector on their neck.

What he might want to do is find out what the code requires and decide
upon his own inspection if the landlord is providing it, and then deal
straight with the landlord to get it. But I didn't see anything that
implies the landlord isn't meeting all the codes.

Unless this was an illegal conversion of one large apartment to two
small ones. But if that turns out to be the case, the city will
insist it be put back to one apartment, and one of the two tenants
will have to leave and the other will have to pay for a much bigger
apartment. Details depend on the city and other things, but it's
generally not in a tenant's interest to make a todo about living in an
illegal dwelling. He may well cause himself to have to leave. But I
don't think any of this paragraph applies here.

or if there are no codes, see if there are any incentives
available to you or the landlord for dealing with efficient cooling.

In general, you will want good shades over any south-facing and east-
facing windows. Keep the number of open windows to a minimum, have
one with a fan that blows out (on the south or east side) and one with
a fan that blows in (on the north or west side). Then you will at
least have a current of the coolest possible air. It's not really a
solution, but it may help some.