K.S.A. 58-2553 requires Kansas landlords to meet building and housing codes, maintain common areas and major systems in safe working order, supply running and hot water and reasonable heat, and provide waste receptacles. Tenant remedies for breach are set in K.S.A. 58-2559.
Under K.S.A. 58-2553(a), a landlord must "comply with the requirements of applicable building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety," maintain common areas, keep electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating and air-conditioning facilities "in good and safe working order," provide waste receptacles, and "supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water at all times and reasonable heat." Duties are excused for acts of God or causes beyond the landlord's control. If the landlord breaches, K.S.A. 58-2559 lets the tenant give written notice; the agreement terminates not less than 30 days after the notice unless the landlord begins a good-faith remedy within 14 days. Tenants may also recover damages and obtain injunctive relief.
No specific statutory penalty. The tenant may terminate the lease (30-day notice, subject to a 14-day landlord cure), recover damages, obtain injunctive relief, and reclaim the recoverable security deposit under K.S.A. 58-2559.
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