My Tenant Lawyer Defends Tenants’ Rights:
Bad Living Conditions
California law requires landlords to maintain minimum maintenance standards, repairs and pest (cockroach, bed bugs, rodents) control. Landlords allowing tenants to live in bad/uninhabitable conditions may owe tenants significant money damages. Tenants may have the right to sue.
Fight Evictions/Illegal Lockouts
Tenants unable to pay rent may fight eviction if living conditions in their home are bad/uninhabitable. Tenants cannot be evicted without a court order – landlords cannot simply lockout tenants whenever they want. Tenants suffering such injustices may have the right to sue.
Negligent Landlords (landlord won’t make repairs)
California law requires landlords to maintain minimum maintenance standards, repairs and pest (cockroach, bed bugs, rodents) control. Landlords allowing tenants to live in bad/uninhabitable conditions may owe tenants significant money damages. Tenants may have the right to sue.
Infestation (cockroaches, rats, bedbugs, termites)
California law requires landlords to maintain minimum maintenance standards, repairs and pest (cockroach, bed bugs, rodents) control. Landlords allowing tenants to live in bad/uninhabitable conditions may owe tenants significant money damages. Tenants may also have the right to sue.
Landlord Harassment
Landlords cannot harass tenants when such harassment constitutes intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Mold, Asbestos & Lead
Landlords allowing tenants to live in bad/uninhabitable conditions may owe tenants significant money damages. Tenants may have the right to sue.
Illegal Rent Collection
Landlords may not be able to collect rent from tenants if a governmental agency charged with enforcing housing laws cites a unit for bad/uninhabitable living conditions which persist more than 35 days after being cited.
Injuries Caused by Conditions in Rental Units
California law requires landlords to maintain minimum maintenance standards, repairs and pest (cockroach, bed bugs, rodents) control to avoid injury to tenants. Landlords allowing tenants to live and be injured in bad/uninhabitable conditions may owe tenants significant money damages. Tenants may have the right to sue.