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Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Title 7 (Civil Rights) § 139.20.

Minneapolis municipal Official source

Retaliation: Retaliation includes, but is not limited to, any form of intimidation, retaliation, or harassment. It is retaliation for an employer to take any of the following with respect to a person because that person has engaged

Seattle Municipal Code § 7.24.110

Seattle municipal Official source

Retaliation prohibited A. It is a violation of this Chapter 7.24 for any person to retaliate against a tenant or prospective tenant because the tenant or prospective tenant exercised or attempted to exercise rights conferred by this Chapter 7.24. Retaliation

SF Admin. Code § 37.9

San Francisco municipal Official source

decrease any services, or increase the rent, or take any other action where the landlord's dominant motive is retaliation for the tenant's exercise of any rights under the law. Such retaliation shall be a defense to any action

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 354-A:19

New Hampshire state Official source

TITLE XXXI TRADE AND COMMERCE CHAPTER 354-A STATE COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Retaliation Section 354-A:19 354-A:19 Retaliation and Required Records. – It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person engaged in any activity

R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-46

Rhode Island state Official source

Retaliatory conduct prohibited. (a) Except as provided in this section, a landlord may not retaliate by increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession because: (1) The tenant has complained

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111 § 72G

Massachusetts state Official source

court costs. No facility, home health agency or hospice program shall discharge, or in any manner discriminate or retaliate against any person who, in good faith, makes such a report or testifies or is about to testify in any proceeding

Florida Commission on Human Relations, Frequently Asked Questions

Florida state Official source

request may be approved. 8. I have witnesses who currently work for Respondent; however, what happens if they are retaliated against for their participation in my complaint? The law prohibits retaliation against any person for testifying, assisting, or participating

Me. Stat. tit. 14 § 6001

Maine state Official source

reason set forth in section 6002, subsection 1 or for violation of a lease provision, the presumption of retaliation does not apply, unless the tenant has asserted a right pursuant to section 6026. A writ of possession may not issue

Me. Stat. tit. 14 § 6021-A

Maine state Official source

forcible entry and detainer under section 6001, there is a rebuttable presumption that the action was commenced in retaliation against the tenant if, within 6 months before the commencement of the action, the tenant has asserted the tenant's rights

Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances § 92.16

Louisville-Jefferson County Metro municipal Official source

OBSTRUCTION AND RETALIATION. It shall be a prohibited, lawful practice for any person: (A) To retaliate in any manner against a person because he or she has opposed a practice declared unlawful by this chapter or because

Chicago Mun. Code § 6-10-100

Chicago municipal Official source

Retaliation prohibited. No person shall retaliate against any individual because such individual has: (1) opposed what that individual reasonably and in good faith believes to be an incident of unlawful discrimination or sexual harassment; (2) made a charge, filed

Chicago Mun. Code § 6-100-030

Chicago municipal Official source

Retaliation prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any employer to discriminate in any manner or take any adverse action against any individual in retaliation for exercising any right under this article, including, but not limited to, disclosing, reporting

Va. Code § 55.1-1258

Virginia state Official source

Except as provided in this section or as otherwise provided by law, a landlord may not retaliate by increasing rent or decreasing services or by bringing or threatening to bring an action for possession or by causing a termination

S.C. Code § 27-40-910

South Carolina state Official source

rents more than four adjoining dwelling units on the premises may increase rent without there being a presumption of retaliation, provided that the increase applies uniformly to all tenants, or so long as the rent does not exceed the fair

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Title 7 (Civil Rights) § 139.40.

Minneapolis municipal Official source

Aiding, abetting or facilitating discrimination; retaliation related to discrimination; coercion related to housing. It is an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person: (1) To conceal or attempt to conceal any discriminatory act forbidden by this title or to aid, abet

S.D. Codified Laws § 43-32-27

South Dakota state Official source

lessee and against a lessor of residential property, including a manufactured or mobile home community owner, for retaliation by the lessor against the lessee if the lessor increases rents above fair market value; if the lessor decreases electric, gas, water

Seattle Municipal Code § 22.206.190

Seattle municipal Official source

Harassing or retaliating against owner It is unlawful for any tenant to harass or retaliate against an owner or to interfere with an owner's management and operation of a building or premises by committing any of the following acts

47-8-27.2 NMSA 1978

New Mexico state Official source

paid rent; moreover, the trial court did not err in granting a directed verdict on the claim of retaliation because there was no issue of retaliation in response to rent abatement if there was no right to abate. Hedicke