IDENTITY: Former model who gained national attention in 1986 after her landlord hired two men to slash her face.

Because of his size, landlord and sheriff of Lancashire Gilbert Ireland hired him as a bodyguard.

Unable to deal with unfamiliar court proceedings or because of day jobs, landlords usually hire lawyers to handle evictions.

The Garretts' landlord, taking pity, hired Edward as a chauffeur.

Mr. McKee said that to gather such information: "You find landlords hiring private detectives, which is legal.

It would essentially expand a system now in use that allows landlords to hire architects or engineers to certify that structural problems have been corrected.

If their landlords do not register the structures as residential and do not hire private carters, the trash is not picked up.

They felt their new landlord had hired "goons" to remove their doors, cut off their heat and water and force them from their $300-a-month rent-controlled apartments.

The bill would have essentially expanded a system now in use that allows landlords to hire architects or engineers to verify that some structural problems have been corrected.

"Some landlords will even hire a private investigator to track a tenant's movements," Ms. McGuire said.