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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8-208.2" title_number="8" title_name="Landlord and Tenant" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Residential Leases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of § 8-208.1 of this subtitle, a landlord of real property subject to the provisions of Title 6, Subtitle 8 of the Environment Article may not evict or take any other retaliatory action against a tenant primarily as a result of the tenant providing information to the landlord under Title 6, Subtitle 8 of the Environment Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For purposes of this section, a retaliatory action includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An arbitrary refusal to renew a lease;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Termination of a tenancy;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An arbitrary rent increase or decrease in services to which the tenant is entitled; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any form of constructive eviction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A tenant subject to an eviction or retaliatory action under this section is entitled to the relief, and is eligible for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs, authorized under § 8-208.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Nothing in this section may be interpreted to alter the landlord’s or the tenant’s rights arising from a breach of any provision of a lease.</text>
  </level>
</section>
