Enhances enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations and allows courts to award punitive damages to tenants for.

This bill amends the real property law to strengthen enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations. It allows courts to award punitive damages to tenants if the landlord's breach of the warranty was intentional and malicious or demonstrated a conscious disregard of severe risks to the tenant's life, health, or safety. The bill aims to deter egregious breaches of the warranty by landlords, ensuring safer living conditions for tenants.

Enhances enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations and allows courts to award punitive damages to tenants for.

This bill amends the real property law to strengthen enforcement of the warranty of habitability for housing accommodations. It allows courts to award punitive damages to tenants if the landlord's breach of the warranty was intentional and malicious or demonstrated a conscious disregard of severe risks to the tenant's life, health, or safety. The bill aims to deter egregious breaches of the warranty by landlords, ensuring safer living conditions for tenants.