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In the case Imperial Colliery Co. v. Fout, [8] the West Virginia Supreme Court reaffirmed that retaliatory eviction was a valid defense against eviction, but added the condition that the retaliation must be against a tenant's exercise of a right incidental to their tenancy. Therefore, a defense of retaliatory eviction did not exist for a tenant ...
Just cause eviction, also known as good cause eviction, describes laws that aim to provide tenants protection from unreasonable evictions, rent hikes, and non-renewal of lease agreements. These laws allow tenants to challenge evictions in court that are not for "legitimate" reasons. [ 1 ]
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Eviction rates are also linked to the racial concentration of neighborhoods. The RVA Eviction Lab, in Richmond, Virginia, estimates that as the proportion of a neighborhood's black population increases by 10%, eviction rates would increase by 1.2%. [63] Hispanic renters also face higher filing and eviction rates than their white counterparts.
Coming home to an eviction notice on your door can be a heartbreaking and terrifying experience. Among these measures are a halt to most evictions on the federal and state level. Unfortunately ...
So, the worst-case scenario occurred after the federal government lifted the eviction moratorium put in place during the pandemic. You fell too far behind in rent, could not recover, and now your
In a court of law, a party's claim is a counterclaim if one party asserts claims in response to the claims of another. In other words, if a plaintiff initiates a lawsuit and a defendant responds to the lawsuit with claims of their own against the plaintiff, the defendant's claims are "counterclaims."
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