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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...
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...
Supporters of the bill contend that tenants are currently given the opportunity to live for months rent-free by charging that minor code violations make their abodes uninhabitable...
...problems usually involve tenants who use code violation charges to evade rent, Schloming says...