My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: Michigan, Detroit
I was unfortunate enough to end up renting a house from a slum lord who tried to evict us after we withheld rent for two months. The judge dismissed the case after we proved it was retaliatory and ordered him to fix everything within two weeks' time in order for us to pay him. In the City of Detroit any property or room in a property must be inspected and registered with the City as rental property and alicense obtained. During the preparation for court I found out that the house is not registered as such. Can we sue him for the rent we already paid? the argument being we could have used the money to pay rent in a place able to be legally occupied.
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