Under House Bill 1171, landlords could only evict or terminate residential leases if the tenant does something wrong, such as failing to pay rent, violating lease agreements, committing illegal activity, refusing to let the landlord enter the property with advanced notice, and refusing to sign a new but substantially similar lease, among other conditions.
When Rita Carrasco and her family were the victims of a drive by shooting at their home, she called her landlord to inform them of what happened. That same day,