Cincinnati Council on Wednesday approved new protections for renters, expanding prohibitions on retaliatory behavior by landlords.
The ordinance by Council member Meeka Owens seeks to guarantee tenants have the right to make complaints about bad conditions in their homes to their landlords or the city, organize tenants’ unions, distribute information about tenant rights, and other activities.
Under the ordinance, landlords can’t raise rent, withhold services, refuse to accept rent, or threaten eviction in response to complaints about conditions or efforts to form a union…