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Legal Tactics

• Chapter 1: Before You Move In
• Chapter 2: Tenant Screening
• Chapter 3: Security Deposits and Last Month's Rent
• Chapter 4: Kinds of Tenancies
• Chapter 5: Rent
  • What Is Rent
  • Paying rent
  • Rent Increases
  • Illegal Retaliatory Rent Increases
  • Proper Notice of Rent Increase
  • Options If You Receive a Rent Increase Notice
• Chapter 6: Utilities
• Chapter 7: Discrimination
• Chapter 8: Getting Repairs Made
• Chapter 9: Lead Poisoning
• Chapter 10: Getting Organized
• Chapter 11: Moving Out
• Chapter 12: Evictions
• Chapter 13: When to Take Your Landlord to Court
• Chapter 14: Using the Court System
• Chapter 15: Rooming Houses
• Chapter 16: Mobile Homes
• Chapter 17: Condominium Control
• Chapter 18: Tenants and Foreclosure
• Appendix

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Lauren D. Song

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May 2017

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This chapter from the Legal Tactics: Private Housing e-book describes common problems for tenants that involve rent and rent increases. It also explains your rights and ways to deal with these problems.

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Chapter 5: Rent (May 2017).

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