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retaliatory eviction - an eviction in reprisal for the tenant's good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states

dispossession, legal ouster, eviction - the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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Cllr Louise Mitchell, Cabinet Member for Housing, Waltham Forest Council, added: "Many tenants don't report disrepair because they fear a retaliatory eviction, so the cases we deal with are only the tip of the iceberg.

Thousands of tenants falling victim to revenge evictions each year, figures reveal; Even when a severe hazard - such as mould or broken stairs - is found in a rented home, tenants only get protection from eviction in 1 in every 5 cases

799.209(1) when it curtailed his argument concerning retaliatory eviction at the eviction hearing.

Retaliatory Eviction

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A PLACE TO CALL HOME: TENANT BLACKLISTING AND THE DENIAL OF OPPORTUNITY

What Desmond's work teaches us, though, is that we have a retaliatory eviction doctrine as implemented that is close to meaningless as a way of promoting more habitable conditions and validating the IWH.

An invisible crisis in plain sight: the emergence of the "eviction economy," its causes, and the possibilities for reform in legal regulation and education

This is an example of needless litigation, in that enforcing a habitability ordinance would have required the landlord to address the problem in a reasonable amount of time, and without a retaliatory eviction.

Long Beach housing habitability

Bruce Haagensen, NLA representative in the North East, said: "Retaliatory eviction, if and where it does happen, is an unacceptable and completely unprofessional response.

More turn to Citizens Advice Bureaus for help with 'problem landlords'; Newcastle CAB chief executive Shona Alexander calls for new legislation to address 'power imbalance' in private rented sector

The practice - known as retaliatory eviction - is disadvantaging people living in the estimated one million private rented homes that fail the Government's decent homes standard.

RECORD money: Fearful tenants keep quiet

The court analyzed the facts in light of the two potential violations of Section 1981 and Section 1982: the discrimination investigation and resolution of complaints ("the discrimination claim') and the retaliatory eviction.

Tenant complaints and fair housing laws