Tenant rights can either refer to the rights tenants enjoy by law, or to the movement to acquire such rights. Tenant rights generally seek to protect renters from landlord neglect and unfair eviction, as well as secure fair, affordable housing.
Laws dealing with the landlord-tenant relationship vary greatly between jurisdictions. These laws may provide some or all of the following for tenants:
- remedies for bad conditions
- privacy protections
- protection from landlord retaliation
- protection from exorbitant rent increases
- protection for the right to organize
- Just cause eviction controls
External links
- Cleveland Tenants Organization
- Tenant Net
- Ontario Tenants Rights Canada
- Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Further reading
- Rhodes, Trevor. American Tenant: Everything U Need to Know... about Your Rights as a Renter . 270 pages. McGraw-Hill, July 19, 2008. ISBN 0-07-159050-1.
- Haas, Janay Ann. Landlord/Tenant Rights in Oregon . 248 pages. Self-Counsel Press, 7th edition, March 24, 2004. ISBN 1-55180-429-8.
- Moskovitz, Myron et al. California Tenants' Rights . 272 pages. Nolo.com, 15th edition, January 1, 2001. ISBN 0-87337-644-7.
- Sember, Brette McWhorter. Tenants' Rights in New York . 225 pages. Sphinx Publishing, May 1, 2000. ISBN 1-57248-122-6.
Historical reference
- Lawson, Robert and Mark Naison, editors. The Tenant Movement in New York City, 1904-1984 . Rutgers University Press. Hardback: ISBN 0-8135-1203-4. Cloth:
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