A residential tenant may not be evicted, nor may the residential tenant's obligations under a lease be increased or the services decreased, if the eviction or increase of obligations or decrease of services is intended as a penalty for the residential tenant's or housing-related neighborhood organization's complaint of a violation. The burden of proving otherwise is on the landlord if the eviction or increase of obligations or decrease of services occurs within 90 days after filing the complaint, unless the court finds that the complaint was not made in good faith. After 90 days the burden of proof is on the residential tenant.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.441
RESIDENTIAL TENANT MAY NOT BE PENALIZED FOR COMPLAINT.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cent. Hous. Assocs., LP v. Olson (2018)
Most recently applied in Cent. Hous. Assocs., LP v. Olson (April 2018)
1999 c 199 art 1 s 67
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.