Residential Landlord-Tenant Act

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notice.  If the consumer moves his household goods (furniture) after the
landlord gives him notice of intent to sell, the landlord is entitled to:
1. the entire rent due for the remainder of the term; or
2. all rent accrued during the time reasonably necessary to re-
rent the unit at a fair rental.
The landlord cannot be held liable for the destruction of the consumer's
property under these sections.
The above discussed sections allow landlords to continue to operate in the same manner that they are acustomed in our state.
Are Consumers Protected From Landlords That Retaliatory Evict Consumers?
The consumer supported act prohibits landlords from increasing
rent or decreasing services because consumers have complained to governmental agencies, the landlord, or if the consumer has joined or organized a
housing consumer's union. The section also protects consumers from retaliatory evictions.
The landlord sponsored bill does not have this section.  Landlords
in a number of other states are bitterly opposed to this section. This provision, like all provisions of the consumer act intends to modernize landlords business transactions to reflect the fact that we now live in an industrial society far away from the fuedal manor where their current practices
originated.  Landlords as well as other actors in North Carolina's industrial
community must understand that consumers are ushering in a new era. The new
era is one in which policy should be formulated with a basic regard for
people first - property second.