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Committee backs ordinance to ban shower timers after tenants describe hardship at SROs
Summary
An ordinance to prohibit installation of devices that interrupt water flow in residential units advanced with committee support after tenants and advocates described timers at the Balmoral Hotel that cut off hot water and caused hardship for seniors and disabled residents.
The committee advanced an ordinance on Monday that would amend the housing code to ban timers or devices that interrupt water flow in residential units, responding to tenant complaints that the devices create health and habitability issues.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin introduced the measure after constituents reported shower timers in shared facilities at the Balmoral Hotel (1010 Bush Street) that cut…
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