§ 8.22.130. Retaliatory evictions.  


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  • An owner may not recover possession of a covered unit in retaliation against a tenant for exercising rights under this Chapter. If an owner attempts to terminate the tenancy of a tenant who files a petition under this Chapter from the date the petition filing to within six months after the notice of final decision, such termination of tenancy will be rebuttably presumed to be in retaliation against the tenant for the exercise rights under this Chapter.

(Ord. 12538 § 1 (part), 2003; Ord. 12399 (part), 2002)