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Question: my landlord gave me a notice to terminate my tenancy she says that i destroyed the outside which is not true and that i had illegal occupants living with me not true and that the inside of my house was unsafe and unhealthy also not true an inspector was at my house twice at the same time she is talking about they saw nothing wrong also a couple of months ago I asked the landlord to fix my air conditioning she failed to do so so I called section 8 they gave her thirty days to fix it she did on the last day of the thirty days so she told me Iin the phone that that's why she is really kicking me

Answer: A landlord cannot 'retaliate' against a tenant who has complained about conditions to a governmental agency. A.R.S. 33-1381 (can be found at www.azsos.gov) If your landlord is evicting you because of your complaint that would be a valid defense against an eviction action.