The Act prohibits landlords from taking retaliatory action when tenants exercise their rights or express habitability concerns. The Act provides for several authorized tenant actions that notify and hold landlords responsible for fixable property defects. If the landlord attempts to deprive the tenant of the use or enjoyment of the
The Act provides that an owner of real property who seeks to rent or lease that property for residential occupancy must notify the prospective tenant in writing, prior to the execution of the lease, of the property’s propensity for flooding if the property has been damaged by
The Act provides that a writ of possession shall enter instantly if a tenant fails to answer a summons as provided in dispossessory proceedings. The Act further provides that if, upon trial of the case, judgment is entered against the tenant, the trial court shall issue a writ of possession
