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Legal Information: Georgia

Housing Laws

Updated: 
October 31, 2023

What housing laws can protect me?

There are many different housing laws that involve rights of tenants and landlords. The housing law described in this section provides tenant protections for victims of domestic violence and stalking. The law allows you (the tenant) to terminate your lease before it expires if you are a victim of family violence or stalking and have a civil or criminal family violence protection order or stalking order.1

1 See Ga. Code § 44-7-23