Provides legal protections for residential tenants by allowing them to be awarded damages, attorney's fees, and costs if they prevail in a lawsuit.
This bill amends the residential landlord-tenant code to enhance legal protections for tenants. It allows tenants who prevail in a lawsuit for a violation of the code to be awarded damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and the costs of the suit. The damages awarded can be a sum of no less than $1,000 or threefold the plaintiff's sustained damages, whichever is greater. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
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