Landlord & Tenant Act

1."Building and housing codes" include any law, ordinance or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit;

2."Deposit" includes any money or other property required by a landlord from a tenant as a security and which is to be returned to the tenant upon termination of the rental agreement, less any deductions properly made and allowed by this act;

3."Dwelling unit" means a structure, or that part of a structure, which is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons;

11."Rent" means all payments, except deposits and damages, to he made to the landlord under the rental agreement;

12."Rental agreement" means all agreements and valid rules and regulations adopted under Section 126 of this act, which establish, embody or modify the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit and premises;

13."Roomer" or "boarder" is a tenant occupying a dwelling unit;

a.which lacks at least one major bathroom or kitchen facility, such as a toilet, refrigerator or stove,

b.in a building

(1)where one or more of such major facility are supplied to he used in common by the occupants of the roomer or boarder dwelling unit and one or more otherdwelling units. And

(2)in which the landlord resides;

14."Single-family residence" means a structure used and maintained as a single dwelling unit. A dwelling unit, including those with common walls, shall be deemed a single-family residence if it has direct access to a street or thoroughfare and shares neither heating facilities, hot water equipment, nor any other essential facility or service with any other dwelling unit; and

15."Tenant" means any person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit.

A.Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act applies to, regulates and determines rights, obligations and remedies under a rental agreement, wherever made, for a dwelling unit located within this state.

B.Any agreement, whether written or oral, shall be unenforceable insofar as said agreement, or any provision thereof, conflicts with any provision of this act.

A.An aggrieved party under the provisions of this act has a duty to mitigate damages.

B.Any right, obligation or remedy declared by this act is enforceable in any court of appropriate jurisdiction including small claims court and may be prosecuted as part of an action for forcible entry or detainer unless the provision declaring it specifies a different and limited effect. In any action for breach of a rental agreement or to enforce any right or obligation provided for in this act, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys fees.