# § 9-9A Landlord’s noncompliance with lease.

Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 9-9A Landlord’s noncompliance with lease.

Balt., Md., Pub. Local Laws § 9-9A (2026)

(a) In addition to the provisions of <cite data-path="9|§9-9">Section 9-9</cite>, in an action for recovery of rent or for the possession of leased premises for nonpayment of rent, or in an action brought by a tenant praying for one or more of the forms of relief enumerated in <cite data-path="9|§9-9">Section 9-9</cite>, the tenant may assert as a defense or as the basis for affirmative relief, that there exists on the leased premises a condition which constitutes a material noncompliance by the landlord with the written lease or a condition which constitutes a repudiation of a written inducement to rent the premises, such as but not limited to the following:

  (1) lack of functional and sufficient laundry, cooking, or dishwashing facilities;

  (2) lack of functional refrigeration or air conditioning;

  (3) lack of proper maintenance; or

  (4) lack of specified recreational facilities.

(b) The provisions of Sections <cite data-path="9|§9-9|(d)">9-9(d)</cite> through <cite data-path="9|§9-9|(n)">9-9(n)</cite> shall apply to any action or defense based upon <cite data-path="9|§9-9A">this Section</cite>.