Implied Warranty Of Habitability

  

See: Implied Warranty.

Kinda like any implied warranty, only as applied to real estate. Like, when you rent that kitschy apartment on the corner with a nice view of the garbage dump, it's an implied warranty of habitability that you can, um, inhabit it.

Like...the heat works (in the winter) and vice versa; there's plumbing, and not just a poster of a guy pointing to a bush outside. And the asbestos has all been already removed (not a self-serve removal expectation model). You must be able to inhabit the building or your money back. Plus damages.

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