Word: rent
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Barrios, however, says he believes that tenants who do not escrow their rent will have no case if the bill is passed...
Currently, if a tenant files code violations, he is legally allowed to withhold rent until a judge orders him to pay (which occurs once the code violations have been resolved...
...factions have much invested in SB 541, which would require tenants to put rent in escrow accounts if they claimed code violations by their landlords...
However, tenants argue that the bill would take away their voice in court, since it requires tenants to have the rent in the escrow account before they can take their landlords to court on code violation charges...
Tenants point out that a landlord could suddenly raise the rent should the tenant claim a code violation. Under SB 541, until the tenant funneled this heightened rent into the escrow account, the tenant's case would not be heard...