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ABA Family Legal Guide

Renting Residential Property

Ending the Landlord-Tenant Relationship

Lease Termination by Landlords

What kinds of conduct by the landlord does the law consider retaliatory?

Landlord-tenant laws define four actions as retaliatory:

  • filing an eviction action or the threat of filing an eviction,
  • nonrenewal of the lease,
  • increasing the rent, and
  • decreasing the services.
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