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all the information they need to help them recover the overcharge, or to start suit for damages in a local court. Most landlords have tried to meet the requirements of rent regulation. This honest majority has to be protected and encouraged. So it is very important that the few who violate the rent regulations be brought into line. OPA can't do this alone. It needs the cooperation of every citizen. We should all keep in mind the provisions for punishing landlords who don't obey the law. Criminal penalties go as high as a year in prison, or $5,000 fine, or both. If a tenant doesn't sue within thirty days of filing a complaint and the complaint is justified, the OPA may start suit for damages. When damage cases are settled by OPA, the overcharge will be paid back to the tenant, if possible, and the balance will go into the U. S. Treasury. If the case is decided by a court judgment, all the damages are paid to the Treasury. And the amount of damages against a landlord can go all the way from a minimum of $25 up to three times the amount of the overcharges to each tenant. SETTING a Maximum Rent Date is a pretty practical way of finding a rent ceiling. It isn't always perfect, of course. That's why there are provisions in the law for making adjustments in rents. These work both ways. For instance, if a landlord has added an extra bathroom to a house, the Area Rent Director may decide he's entitled to get more rent — and how much more. Or, if a tenant can prove that the owner isn't paying the light and fuel bills to the same extent that he did when the ceilings were set, he may get a reduction in rent. But a landlord can't claim more rent because he's made a few minor repairs, nor can a tenant get a reduction because the windows haven't been washed. Any readjustments in rents must be checked with the Area Rent Director. Now we come to the main purpose of rent control. It is to do away with the danger of American families being put out of their homes because of rent competition. As an over-all thing, OPA Rent Control is a protection against evictions, except in those cases where perfectly legitimate grounds for eviction exist. In other words, a family can't be evicted simply because a landlord can get more money for a house or apartment from someone else. And this is something I feel must be understood by everyone. Laws about eviction are different in different states. This may be one reason why people don't always understand OPA regulations regarding evictions. There are still too many people who think they have to move out of their homes simply because the landlord says so. There are still too many people who think they have to move because their lease expires. Perhaps the thing that bothers me most is that there are still too many people who can be scared into moving by any legal-looking document that's handed to them. 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