how do I convence my stingy landlord friend

[Diane G.]

My friend just rented his place out to a new tenant, with a move in date of this coming Thursday. New tenant is going to pay for all utility...

His previous tenant moved out about 2 weeks ago and city shut down water after the move out. My friend does not want to turn the water back on now because city will charge a fee for that... He wanted to wait until the new tenant moves in and have her call the city to put the water back on...

I feel this is so wrong, but I don't know how to explain this to my friend...Does anyone know of a law that says this is wrong?

[David D Painter]

I don't see the problem. If the tenants are paying the water bill they'll have to put it in their names anyway.