Do landlords in Denver have to provide AC at their properties?

As triple-digit temperatures broke records across Colorado Wednesday, it set a new high inside Jay Roller’s Denver apartment. He told us that after two years of living downtown, this week was the hottest his apartment had ever been. When CBS Colorado went to interview Roller after 5 p.m., our thermometer still read near 90 degrees.

“We’re all roasting here,” Roller said, “Having to work the next day, you know, not being able to sleep because it’s so hot. It’s just, you know, it’s been going on for too long.”

Roller told us that his building’s AC went out weeks ago, right around the time a new management company, Four Star Realty, took over. He hasn’t seen anyone at the property since.

“I’ve called multiple times, emailed, and gone in person to their office,” Roller said, “I managed to get a hold of one of them one time, and they said that they would have someone out here the next day, and still nothing. It’s been over a week again.”…

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