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As heat waves get worse, air conditioning has come to feel like a must-have even in parts of the U.S. that historically haven't needed it. Those who live in public housing are especially vulnerable to the heat — they're not just low-income, but also disproportionately older, people of color, chronically ill and often living in hotter neighborhoods that lack shade from tree cover. And yet even as extreme heat becomes more common, it remains a struggle for many tenants to get AC.

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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AC doesn't have to mean central air. Window units and mini split systems exist.

[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s not the issue though. The issue is that the low-income tenants have to pay for the portable units themselves. On top of that, federal subsidies for some reason do not cover air conditioning.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

I think we're in agreement. What I was trying to get at was that the high cost of retrofitting buildings with central air shouldn't be an excuse to leave those people without air conditioning.