The tenant would claim, as they often do in New York, that such suits are being brought by "unscrupulous landlords."

Is it racist not to want property values to drop because of policies of unscrupulous landlords?

Officials say that the illegal tenants are unwilling to report unscrupulous landlords or to seek health or social services.

Some unscrupulous landlords are either very slow to return deposits at the end of the tenancy or make unfair deductions.

Here housing problems were aggravated by racial discrimination and the operations of a few unscrupulous landlords.

Her arrest should be a warning to unscrupulous landlords across Long Island.

He said that 20 or 30 years ago tenants had few protections from unscrupulous landlords.

"Both programs are good, but the certificates protect the unknowing low-income tenant from the occasional unscrupulous landlord," he said.

Whilst there are unscrupulous landlords out there, please don't tar us all with the same brush.

The bill's opponents said it would have sent a dangerous signal to unscrupulous landlords that the city no longer cared about tenants' safety.