10-2.9 Evictions; Controlled and Vacancy Decontrolled Housing Accommodations.
(A) No person shall bring any action to recover possession of a controlled or vacancy decontrolled housing accommodation unless:
(1) The tenant has failed to pay the rent to which the landlord is legally entitled;
(2) The tenant has violated an obligation or covenant of tenancy other than the obligation to surrender possession upon proper notice and has failed to cure such violation after having received written notice thereof from the landlord;
(3) The tenant is committing or permitting to exist a nuisance in, or is causing substantial damage to, the housing accommodation, or is creating substantial interference with the comfort, safety or enjoyment of the landlord or other occupants of the same or any adjacent housing accommodation;
(4) The tenant is convicted of using or permitting a housing accommodation to be used for any illegal purpose;
(5) The tenant, who had a written rental housing agreement which terminated on or after the passage of this Section has refused, after written request or demand by the landlord, to execute a written extension or renewal thereof for a further term of like duration and in such terms as are not inconsistent with or violative of any provisions of this Section;
(6) The tenant has refused the landlord reasonable access to the housing accommodation for the purpose of making necessary repairs or improvements required by the laws of the United States, the commonwealth or any subdivision thereof, or for the purpose of inspection as permitted or required by the lease or by law, or for the purpose of showing the housing accommodation to any prospective purchaser or mortgagee;