Air-conditioning is not covered by the warranty of habitability. Therefore, even assuming that there was no rent default, the eviction would not be subject to a retaliation defense. However, because your obligation to pay rent is conditioned on the landlords performance of its lease obligations, you may have a defense, if there is a very unusual provision in the lease requiring the landlord to provide air conditioning.
Answered on Oct 06th, 2016 at 5:42 AM