Retaliatory Evictions
If you are being evicted from your apartment for making a complaint, you have rights and your landlord must follow proper legal procedures for evicting you from your apartment.A "retaliatory eviction" occurs when a landlord attempts to evict a tenant in response to some action taken by the tenant. The tenant may have complained to the landlord or a housing authority or official, or a city inspector. Or the tenant may have engaged in tenant organizing.
Further information and assistance is available from the Consumer Protection Unit of the Maine Attorney General's office at 1.800.436.2131. You may also wish to consult Chapter 14 of the State of Maine Consumer Law Guide on the Attorney General's website. Help may also be available at the Human Rights Commission by calling 207.624.6050.