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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-9A Landlord’s noncompliance with lease.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-9A" heading="Landlord’s noncompliance with lease.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Tenant may raise.">In addition to the provisions of &lt;cite data-path="9|§9-9"&gt;Section 9-9&lt;/cite&gt;, 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 &lt;cite data-path="9|§9-9"&gt;Section 9-9&lt;/cite&gt;, 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:<para num="(1)">lack of functional and sufficient laundry, cooking, or dishwashing facilities;</para>
      <para num="(2)">lack of functional refrigeration or air conditioning;</para>
      <para num="(3)">lack of proper maintenance; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">lack of specified recreational facilities.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Applicable provisions.">The provisions of Sections &lt;cite data-path="9|§9-9|(d)"&gt;9-9(d)&lt;/cite&gt; through &lt;cite data-path="9|§9-9|(n)"&gt;9-9(n)&lt;/cite&gt; shall apply to any action or defense based upon &lt;cite data-path="9|§9-9A"&gt;this Section&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1978, ch. 623</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
