"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act"; provides certain protections to residential tenants and codifies certain warranty of habitability protections.
Reported with Assembly committee amendments Referred to AJU
Summary
The Immigrant Tenant Protection Act bars landlords from threatening to reveal a tenant’s immigration status, from evicting or forcing a tenant out because of that status, and from using it as a defense in eviction cases. It also gives tenants a clear legal remedy, including damages and a $2,000 penalty per violation, and affirms the implied warranty of habitability for all renters. The bill requires the state to publish a multilingual summary of tenant and landlord rights.
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