Property; provide residential tenants with the right to complete repairs required by landlord and offset rental installments by the reasonable cost of such repairs under certain circumstances

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Plain-English Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlord and tenant, so as to provide residential tenants with the right to complete repairs required by the landlord and offset rental installments by the reasonable cost of such repairs under certain circumstances; to provide residential tenants with the right to terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances; to prohibit the landlord from taking adverse action against r…

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Who it affects

Renter

Gives residential tenants the right to complete repairs required by the landlord and offset rental installments by the reasonable cost of such repairs under certain circumstances.

Renter

Gives residential tenants the right to terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances.

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Who This AffectsAI analysis

RenterdirectModerate impactHigh certainty
Gives residential tenants the right to complete repairs required by the landlord and offset rental installments by the reasonable cost of such repairs under certain circumstances.
“so as to provide residential tenants with the right to complete repairs required by the landlord and offset rental installments by the reasonable cost of such repairs under certain circumstances”· 1
RenterdirectModerate impactHigh certainty
Gives residential tenants the right to terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances.
“to provide residential tenants with the right to terminate a rental agreement under certain circumstances”· 1

What the Bill Does

Tenants gain the right to perform landlord-required repairs and deduct costs from rent.
Tenants gain the right to terminate rental agreements under specific conditions.
Prohibits landlords from taking adverse action against tenants exercising these rights.

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