Delaware Tenant Harassment Laws
Delaware prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants who report housing code violations or exercise their legal rights.
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Key Rules
- Anti Harassment
- Anti-retaliation protections; general tort law may address broader harassment
- Penalties
- Tenant may raise retaliation as defense in eviction; recover actual damages and attorney fees
- Retaliation Prohibited
- Yes — retaliation within 90 days of protected activity is presumptively retaliatory
Applicable Statutes
Del. Code Ann. tit. 25, § 5516
Retaliatory conduct prohibited: landlord may not retaliate against a tenant who reports housing code violations, contacts a government agency, or exercises rights under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Code.
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