> The point seems to be to punish landlords more than it is to establish fair rules.
Rules without punishments are useless though.
Rules without punishments are useless though.
There’s proportional punishment based on harm, and then there are abusive booby-traps. If a landlord uses a nonpublic dataset (e.g., a vendor’s model based on year-old data that would not harm competition under the antitrust settlement), then a tenant and nonprofit can each sue for civil penalties plus attorney fees even though there is no harm.
Don't worry, no landlord will die or be maimed in the process.
> based on harm
Most laws don't require direct harm to have already occurred, fortunately.
If one landlord is violating the law, then they deserve due punishment. Law and orders shouldn't stop at landlord.