A handful of states, including Texas and Nevada, have set up dedicated systems designed to restore tenants to their homes after an illegal lockout.
She and her family still don't have a new apartment, she said, and the eviction cases on her record don't help.
BI reviewed two years' worth of lockout cases from the department and found city lawyers routinely dismissed tickets, often without documenting why.
Bridget Bennett for Business InsiderThat afternoon, Brown had three cases on his docket in which tenants were alleging they'd been illegally locked out and dozens of cases in which landlords were seeking formal evictions.
In 2022, Miami-Dade County passed a tenant's bill of rights that underlines the illegality of lockouts and limits a landlord's ability to harass tenants.
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