Apps for American tenants to keep negligent landlords on their toes

New York

WHEN Tom Hunter and his two roommates were left without heat for more than a month by a negligent landlord in New York, they began toying with an idea: an app that could help tenants keep landlords in check.

Two winters and two months of coding later, the friends are ready to launch Heat Seek NYC in late October in collaboration with two not-for-profit groups.