Alaska Warranty of Habitability (AS 34.03.100)

AS 34.03.100 obligates the landlord to "make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the premises in a fit and habitable condition," keep common areas clean and safe, maintain electrical, plumbing, heating and appliances in good working order, supply running water, reasonable hot water and heat, and arrange trash removal. If the landlord deliberately or negligently fails to supply heat, water, hot water, or other essential services, AS 34.03.180 lets the tenant, after written notice specifying the breach, procure the service and deduct the reasonable cost from rent, recover damages for the reduced rental value, or procure substitute housing rent-free during the noncompliance. The landlord must be given a reasonable time to fix non-emergency defects.

Tenant remedies include repair-and-deduct, rent abatement based on diminished rental value, substitute-housing rent credit, and termination if the breach is not cured; landlord noncompliance is also a defense to an eviction for nonpayment under AS 34.03.190.