Tenant Gets 50 Percent Rent Abatement for Bedbug Infestation

June 30, 2009

LVT Number: #22002

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed a breach of the warranty of habitability. She said that she complained to landlord in January 2007 of a bedbug infestation. Landlord tried to remedy the problem, but the bedbugs kept returning every few weeks. Tenant said that her children suffered countless bites and rashes, they couldn't sleep in their beds, and they couldn't have family or friends visit them in the apartment.

Landlord sued to evict tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed a breach of the warranty of habitability. She said that she complained to landlord in January 2007 of a bedbug infestation. Landlord tried to remedy the problem, but the bedbugs kept returning every few weeks. Tenant said that her children suffered countless bites and rashes, they couldn't sleep in their beds, and they couldn't have family or friends visit them in the apartment. The court ruled for tenant and gave her a 50 percent rent abatement for a 22-month period and ordered landlord to rid the apartment of bedbugs.

Assoc. v. CW: NYLJ, 6/25/09, p. 28, col. 1 (Civ. Ct. Bronx; Madhavan, J)

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