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New Protections for All Tenants - Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants

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Your landlord is never allowed to charge more than one month of rent for a security deposit and must return the deposit within 14 days of the end of tenancy.* Landlords are required to provide notice to tenants if they intend to raise rent more than five percent or if they do not intend to renew the lease. The landlord must provide such notice at least: If a tenant vacates their lease early, landlords must make best efforts to re-rent that unit in order to mitigate or lessen damages that the prior tenant owes. Unlawful eviction occurs when a landlord evicts or attempts to evict a tenant without a warrant of eviction or other court order. Unlawful evictions are now a misdemeanor punishable by civil penalty fines of $1,000-$10,000 per violation. After a judgement has been granted in Housing Court, a judge will issue an order indicating the day after which a city marshal may execute a warrant of eviction. The marshal must now serve a 14 day notice upon the tenant prior to execution of the

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