landlord tenant/habitability

Representative Cases

• Plaintiffs sued past and present owners of various apartment buildings in which they resided, claiming habitability problems, including poor maintenance and insects. Defendants claimed lack of responsibility for the buildings and that the building were properly maintained.

• Plaintiff was a tenant of a portion of a house owned by defendant. Plaintiff claimed habitability problems and wrongful eviction, and that defendant had turned off the hot water in his apartment. Defendant claimed a right to evict and that plaintiff was responsible for the maintenance of the entire building as part of his rent.

• Plaintiff was a long-time tenant of a rent-controlled apartment building. He claimed that defendant owner had wrongfully evicted him by claiming that his relative was moving into the unit. Defendant claimed that he was planning to demolish the building and that it had properly evicted plaintiff.