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rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Mine used to give me free water and natural gas. I filled my waterbed with hot water when I moved in.

Years later, they changed it over so that the whole building was metered and the price was divided.

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SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That’s a legal. Metered utilities can be either included in the rent, or metered on a per unit basis. In this setup, if your neighbor uses a lot of utilities your bill will go up. That’s why this is illegal.

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- ADTJ@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s illegal everywhere in the world?
  
  Seems an odd thing to come together on
  
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- rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  looking into my state code, it’s legal if it’s in the lease and they did ammend the lease on renewal to include it.
  
  Morale? no. Legal here? it would appear to be.
  
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