A dwelling-house, as such,contributes nothing to the revenue of its inhabitant; and though it is, no doubt, extremely useful to him, it is as his clothes and household furniture are useful to him, which, however, make a part of his expense, and not of his revenue.'

Unfortunately 55 degrees is not an un-inhabitable temperature and likely will not qualify as a reason to break the lease.

Yes, I have contacted the City about this, and they tell me due to budget cuts, they cant attend to all abandon homes, unless it has severe structural damage that could affect the inhabitable home...whatever...

It is said that during the last century Carlo Alberto, king of Piedmont and Sardinia, disembarked on the island in search of the mythical goats of the golden teeth (phenomenon caused by a grass that causes these reflections), and had remained so spellbound by it as to nominate its only inhabitant, Paul Bertolini, "king of Tavolara".

One good thing about these kind of properties is that they are living there so at least it its inhabitable and may not need major work and rent is coming in.

@ Mary Jay - your post made me laughI used to own some $400K rental properties in Phoenix, and everytime I went over, I kept thinking "man, with this global warming, in 20 year, phoenix is going to inhabitable..." 

I recently bought an inhabitable triplex, made 40k of repairs, got all units rented out, and now have been told I can not refinance cash out unless I hold the property for 6 months. 

Though there is a $19k discrepancy, I feel like the HOA has admitted they are responsible for this cost and their insurance adjuster has contacted me to try and help me, since the physical unit was damaged.In the meantime, the City of Santa Monica is forcing me to relocate my tenant, as my unit is inhabitable.

You can roll in your closing costs as a seller concession and you can also roll in your mortgage payments into your loan during the renovation of property is inhabitable.

With the work that needs to be done, is it inhabitable?