Property Management
In South Dakota, a landlord who retaliates against a tenant who complains to housing authorities about code violations by raising rent or threatening eviction:
AIs within their legal rights as a property owner
BMay be engaging in illegal retaliatory conduct prohibited by tenant protection laws✓ Correct
CMust provide written justification for the rent increase within 30 days
DIs only liable if the tenant can prove intent to retaliate
Explanation
Retaliatory conduct by landlords against tenants who exercise their legal rights (such as reporting code violations) is prohibited by tenant protection principles and in many states by explicit anti-retaliation statutes. In South Dakota, such conduct may constitute an unlawful residential landlord practice.
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