Maybe. The Act, Section 33-1318, allows a tenant to terminate a lease -- without any financial penalty whatsoever -- if the tenant is a victim of domestic violence AND the tenant sends a written request to the landlord to be released from the lease within thirty days after the incident. The tenant must also provide the landlord with evidence of the incident. There is no other statute or case that allows a tenant to terminate a lease if the tenant is the victim of a crime when the crime IS NOT domestic violence.
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Can a residential tenant terminate a lease if the tenant is the victim of a crime?
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