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The inspector approached the tenant to enter the area, but the tenant denied entrance for lack of a search warrant. The inspector returned twice more, again without a search warrant, and was again denied entry. A complaint was subsequently filed against the tenant, and he was arrested for violating a city code.
[7] State laws banning source of income discrimination vary widely with some including protections for tenants using section 8 housing vouchers and some not. [ 8 ] Advocates, such as the NAACP , argue renters have been unfairly denied usage of their housing voucher and that acceptance of housing vouchers leads to more diverse communities.
Some racial minorities suffer the purposeful neglect of service needs, such as a landlord fixing a white tenant's bathtub quickly but delaying to fix the bathtub of the minority tenant. [59] Data obtained by Ohio Civil Rights Commission studied housing discrimination cases between 1988 and 2003, and of the 2,176 cases filed, 1,741 were filed by ...
With some exceptions, landlords are allowed to refuse to rent to tenants who have pets. That leaves renters in an awful place. Either they get rid of a beloved dog or cat or bunny rabbit or ...
The tenant can ask the court to issue a restraining order, file a criminal complaint against the landlord, or sue him/her for money damages and attorney's fees. Because of these options for recourse, it may be to the tenant's advantage to complain about code violations in writing before the landlord issues a notice of eviction or a rent increase.
Speaking of which, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of new housing bills this past week, including changes to the state's "builder's remedy," enhanced penalties for local governments ...
On Sunday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that enforces the state’s anti-price-gouging rules for disaster areas through Jan. 7, 2026. Under California Penal Code 396 ...
The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, also known as URLTA, is a sample law governing residential landlord and tenant interactions, created in 1972 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in the United States. Many states have adopted all or part of this Act. [1]