re: #242 Joe Bacon 🌹

And don’t forget the bedbugs. Lots of bedbugs in Slumlord Sean’s domain!

Ironically, if a leased property is infested with bedbugs, that is probably a breach of the warranty of habitability, a breach which would allow a tenant (normally), to withhold rent until it is cured (or to pay for remediation themselves). I don’t know enough about the jurisdictional rules wherever he has these properties, but usually breach of the warranty of habitability is a valid defense in unlawful detainer (eviction) proceedings. If the tenant/defendants failed to raise bedbugs as an issue, they may (unfortunately) be barred from pursuing a later claim.