When winter settles into Indianapolis, heating systems become both the most essential and the most failure-prone part of a rental home.

For thousands of renters across the city, December and January bring sudden furnace breakdowns, drafty units and days spent waiting for a landlord to respond. Many tenants don’t know what Indiana law requires from property owners or what steps they can take when a heating emergency threatens their safety. This article lays out how the system is supposed to work, what renters can document and which agencies can step in when repairs stall.

What are landlords required to provide?

According to Indianapolis housing code, landlords must provide a heating system that can maintain indoor temperatures of at least 65 degrees in all habitable rooms. That standard

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