Palm Springs, CA Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

036. 1 so that both heating and air conditioning facilities must be provided in structures as required by the section, not heat alone as the base IPMC text assumes for most jurisdictions. 2, covering residential occupancies, sets the actual performance standard: air conditioning facilities must be capable of maintaining a maximum temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms, and they must run at all times, not just during a heat event. 1 puts the obligation directly on landlords: every owner and operator of a building who rents, leases or lets one or more dwelling units or sleeping units must supply air conditioning at all times to hold habitable rooms at 80 degrees Fahrenheit or below.

Because Palm Springs summer highs routinely exceed 110 degrees, this converts what many cities treat as an amenity into a mandatory habitability standard enforceable the same way as a missing furnace or a leaking roof elsewhere in the Property Maintenance Code, and it applies to every rented unit in the city regardless of building age or lease terms.