Chapter 247. Housing Standards
Article II. Enforcement
§ 247-36. Rent payments.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
Notwithstanding any lease or other agreement, if the Director shall have ordered the repair, alteration or improvement of a dwelling in that he or she shall have designated the same to be an unfit dwelling as provided for in this chapter, then the obligation of rent therefor to the landlord shall be suspended and the same shall be paid into the revolving fund as established herein by the Director, to be paid thereafter to the landlord or any other party authorized to make repairs (including the Director) to defray the cost of correcting the conditions, and no section shall be maintained by the landlord against the tenant for such rent or for possession. Sums paid into the revolving fund in excess of those necessary to make repairs shall be paid to the landlord on completion. If the tenant shall fail to make payments to the Director, then an action for rent or possession may be maintained, subject to such defenses as the tenant may have under the lease or agreement.