(h) (2) If the landlord fails to comply with this requirement, [he] THE
LANDLORD forfeits the right to withhold any part of the security deposit for damages.

8-204.

(b) A landlord shall assure [his] THE tenant that the tenant, peaceably and
quietly, may enter on the leased premises at the beginning of the term of any lease.

(e) If the landlord fails to provide the tenant with possession of the dwelling
unit at the beginning of the term of any lease, whether or not the lease is terminated
under this section, the landlord is liable to the tenant for consequential damages
actually suffered by [him] THE TENANT subsequent to the tenant's giving notice to
the landlord of [his] THE TENANT'S inability to enter on the leased premises.

CD The landlord may bring an action of eviction and damages against any
tenant holding over after the end of [his] THE TENANT'S term even though the
landlord has entered into a lease with another tenant, and [he] THE LANDLORD may
join the new tenant as a party to the action.

8-207.

(c) If a tenant wrongly fails or refuses to take possession of or vacates the
dwelling unit before the end of [his] THE TENANT'S term, the landlord may sublet the
dwelling unit without prior notice to the tenant in default. The tenant in default is
secondarily liable for rent for the term of [his] THE TENANT'S original agreement in
addition to [his] THE TENANT'S liability for consequential damages resulting from
[his] THE TENANT'S breach, if the landlord gives [him] THE TENANT prompt notice
of any default by the sublessee.

8-208.

(a) A lease may not contain any of the following provisions:

(4) Any provision whereby the tenant waives [his] THE right to a jury

trial.
8-208.1.

(a) No landlord shall evict a tenant of any residential property or arbitrarily
increase the rent or decrease the services to which the tenant has been entitled for
any of the following reasons:

(1) Solely because the tenant or [his] THE TENANT'S agent has filed a
written complaint, or complaints, with the landlord or with any public agency or
agencies against the landlord;

(2) Solely because the tenant or [his] THE TENANT'S agent has filed a
lawsuit, or lawsuits, against the landlord; or

(3) Solely because the tenant is a member or organizer of any tenants'
organization.