Residential Tenancies

Residential Tenancies; Requiring a landlord to provide written notice of a rent increase to a tenant by a specified time; providing that a tenant has a cause of action for actual and punitive damages under certain circumstances; deleting the option for a landlord to deposit certain money into a non-interest-bearing account; requiring a landlord to inspect a dwelling unit at a specified time to ensure compliance with applicable codes; prohibiting a landlord from terminating a rental agreement or evicting a tenant because the tenant or the tenant’s minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking, etc.