§ 504B.441 — Residential Tenant May Not Be Penalized for Complaint
Plain-Language Summary
A landlord cannot evict a tenant, raise rent, or cut services as punishment for filing a building violation complaint. If these actions happen within 90 days of the complaint, the landlord has to prove they were not retaliating. After 90 days, the tenant must prove retaliation.
504B.441 RESIDENTIAL TENANT MAY NOT BE PENALIZED FOR COMPLAINT.
A residential tenant may not be evicted, nor may the residential tenant’s obligations under a lease be increased or the services decreased, if the eviction or increase of obligations or decrease of services is intended as a penalty for the residential tenant’s or housing-related neighborhood organization’s complaint of a violation. The burden of proving otherwise is on the landlord if the eviction or increase of obligations or decrease of services occurs within 90 days after filing the complaint, unless the court finds that the complaint was not made in good faith. After 90 days the burden of proof is on the residential tenant.
History:
History: History:
1999 c 199 art 1 s 67