Wisconsin Tenant Harassment Laws
Wisconsin prohibits landlord retaliation under Wis.
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Key Rules
- Retaliation Prohibited
- Yes — retaliatory rent increases, evictions, and service reductions prohibited
- Self Help Prohibited
- Yes — lease provisions allowing self-help eviction are void; court process required
- Remedies
- Actual damages, 2 months rent minimum, attorney's fees under ATCP 134
- Consumer Protection
- ATCP 134 provides additional consumer protection remedies for landlord violations
Applicable Statutes
Retaliatory acts by landlord prohibited: landlord may not increase rent, decrease services, or threaten eviction in retaliation for tenant reporting housing code violations or exercising rights.
Provisions making rental agreements void or voidable: agreements waiving tenant's right to habitable premises or allowing self-help eviction are void as against public policy.
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