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‘Excruciating’: Antioch resident sleeps in car after A/C breaks for more than a month
Summary by The Nashville Editorial Desk · Based on reporting by Braden Ross , WSMV 4 News (NBC affiliate)
· July 24, 2026
· 3 min read
What This Story Is About An Antioch man says he’s had to resort to sleeping in his car some nights during Nashville’s recent heat waves because the air conditioning unit in his apartment has been broken for over a month. Why It Matters Since posting videos online about his experience, Rosser says...
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Key takeaway “Of course, we’ve been having like a bad heat wave, and during that time, I was just coming home from work and it was like 85 to 90 degrees in my house,” Rosser said.
Why this matters in The Nashville
The plight of the Antioch resident sleeping in his car due to a broken air conditioning unit is a stark reminder of the gaps in Tennessee's landlord-tenant laws. Unlike Arizona, Florida, and Nevada, Tennessee does not require landlords to provide working air conditioning, leaving renters like Rosser to suffer through heat waves. This issue is particularly pressing in Nashville, where summers are notoriously hot and humid. The fact that Rosser's apartment complex, Allegro on Bell, has been unresponsive to his maintenance requests and even lied to him about fixing the issue, suggests a larger problem with accountability in the city's rental market. As Rosser's story gains attention, it may prompt other renters to come forward with similar experiences, potentially building momentum for state legislation to address this issue and protect the rights of Nashville's renters.
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Category: local ·
Published: July 24, 2026 ·
Source: WSMV 4 News (NBC affiliate) ·
Reading time: 3 min
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What is this story about? What This Story Is About An Antioch man says he’s had to resort to sleeping in his car some nights during Nashville’s recent heat waves because the air conditioning unit in his apartment has been broken for over a month. Why It Matters Since posting videos online about his experience, Rosser says...
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