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Covenant Of Habitability And The Ohio Landlord-Tenant Legislation, Barbara Hall Nahra
Covenant Of Habitability And The Ohio Landlord-Tenant Legislation, Barbara Hall Nahra
Cleveland State Law Review
With one exception noted later, Ohio courts have been loathe to accept the fact that enforcement of housing codes has been singularly ineffective on a large scale. Without an implied covenant of habit- ability in rental agreements, the indigent tenant today, living in squalid conditions and often lacking a viable alternative, has no effective means of bettering his condition. To remedy this problem, the Ohio legislature, on July 23, 1974, passed Amended Substitute Senate Bill Number 1032 defining the respective rights and obligations of landlords and tenants by holding the lessor of residential property to an implied covenant of habitability …
Landlord-Tenant Law-Dependency Of Lease Covenants-Covenant To Pay Rent Is Dependent Upon Landlord's Warranty Of Habitability
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Plaintiff tenant entered into possession of an apartment with was no written lease and the rent was fixed monthly under the condition that the landlord would make certain repairs to render the premises ‘livable’. The landlord never did and tenant terminated rent payments. The landlord instituted a summary dispossess action against Berzito for nonpayment and the state district court held that the landlord was in violation of his express warranty of habitability and reduced the tenants rent but tenant still did not pay. The trial court ruled in the tenant's favor and rejected the landord's contention that by remaining in …