Rental Housing Air Conditioning Requirements
Montgomery County
Summary
Bill 9-26 would require air conditioning in detached single-family rentals and move the cooling season start to May 15. Tenants in central-plant apartment buildings are overheating now, but the bill stalled because the housing department came unprepared with formal amendments.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 27, 2026.
Impact analysis
Could raise costs for landlords, especially those installing new systems requiring electrical upgrades; tenants save on out-of-pocket cooling costs.
Renters, especially those in single-family rentals and upper floors of central-plant buildings that overheat in late spring.
Landlords facing installation and upgrade costs, and owners of buildings needing costly heating-to-cooling system transitions.
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