(a) No landlord may make any changes in the landlord's leasing or business practices with respect to any dwelling unit subject to this Chapter to avoid compliance with any provision of this Chapter.
(b) A landlord must not evict or attempt to evict, or take any other retaliatory action against any tenant who exercises any rights conferred upon the tenant by this Chapter or any tenant who assists another tenant in exercising those rights. As used in this subsection, "other retaliatory action" includes any unreasonable rent increase, threat, coercion, harassment, or violation of privacy, and any reduction in the quality or level of services available to the tenant that is not authorized by this Chapter or state law. Evictions or attempted evictions prohibited by this subsection are "retaliatory evictions".
(c) A landlord must not actually or constructively evict or attempt to evict a tenant from, or deny a tenant access to, the dwelling unit occupied by the tenant without following the judicial process authorized in state law to obtain possession of the dwelling unit. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; 1979 L.M.C., ch. 56, § 11; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.)
Editor's note—Section 29-32, formerly § 29-30B, was renumbered and amended pursuant to 2000 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1. Former Section 29-30B appeared in the 1978 Cumulative Supplement as section 29-59. This section was renumbered as sections 29-30B by 1979 L.M.C., ch. 56, § 11.
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