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Fair Housing Retaliation Liability Risks  & How to Avoid Them

MHCO

 

“Retaliation” is a fancy word for revenge. It’s a nasty action that you take to get back at somebody for doing something bad to you. In the context of fair housing, retaliation means an unfavorable action a landlord takes like rejecting a rental applicant or evicting a tenant because he complains about discrimination or exercises any of his other rights under discrimination laws.

 

Phil Querin Q&A: Trees, Limbs and Roots – Liability Issues

Phil Querin

Question:  .  What is the landlord’s responsibility when it comes to trees falling on a tenant’s house. Does it make a difference if it is a hazard tree vs. not a hazard tree? What about roots crossing over a space and causing damage to the home on the tenant’s space or the neighbor’s space?

 

Answer: First, it must be noted that since tenants are not “owners,” and therefore, the casel