Walk It Through: The Complaint to the City
A code complaint, a rent increase a month later, 90 days, a presumption, and 3 months' rent.
A tenant in Wilmington reports broken smoke detectors and rats to the city's code office.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Retaliation after a code complaint. Retaliation for organizing tenants, the protections for victims of abuse, and a landlord's defense of selling the building are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.