Hot water

[purgatori84.livejournal.com]

I currently lived in a shared (rented) house in Somerville. I had issues at the beginning of the month with pipes freezing, which has since been fixed. However, today Nstar came to read the meter, and found that out water heaters had not been inspected. They were shut off, leaving us with no hot water. This has apparently happened before, and the landlord switched them back on (illegal, but I wasn't there so nothing I can do about it).

So, who do I speak to to get on my landlord to make my home livable? My course of action now seems to be going to the board of health on monday for an inspection, but what do I do in the meantime?