Records say NM tenants faced extreme heat, rent spikes and evictions during the pandemic
Tenants across New Mexico faced illegal lockouts, price-gouging, harassment and unsafe living conditions throughout much of the pandemic, according to more than 100 complaints that went to the state Attorney General’s Office between March 2020 and February 2021.
The AG’s Office released more than 160 such complaints in response to a request from Source New Mexico.
The complaints from as far north as Aztec and as south as Las Cruces show how tenants have few places to turn if they suspect their landlord is breaking the law.
The office received about 100 more complaints since February, according to a spokesperson, though the AG’s office could not immediately produce them. Getting 260 housing complaints in 18 months represented a “sharp increase” in complaints during the pandemic, said Matt Baca, the AG’s Office chief lawyer.
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