Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota 

By Lawrence R. McDonough
Poverty Law
University of Minnesota and University of St. Thomas Schools of Law

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Permission granted for pro bono representation. 
Use for other purposes, including educational purposes, is by written permission only from Lawrence R. McDonough, Meghan Scully  and Monica Bogucki (except where other authors are noted). 

Eviction Prevention Training for Lawyers under Pandemic Orders and Laws

Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota 
By Lawrence McDonough 

These are large files, over 600 pages long.  The Word file is the smallest, and the PDF file is the largest.  You also can view the HTML file on line.  

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To view or download unpublished decisions discussed in it, you need to go to www.projusticemn.org.  After registering (if you have not done so already), go to Civil Law, Library, Housing, and Eviction Defense.

You also can view some previous chapters in a wiki revision that include direct links to PDFs of the unpublished decisions as well as statutes and appellate cases: Wiki Version of Residential Eviction Defense in Minnesota

Eviction and Expungement Hypotheticals Slide Show

Eviction Answer Forms

Tenancies table
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Unpublished Decisions and Reports in Answer Forms (attach if asserting the defense)

Recommendations of Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory 
Committee on General Rules of Practice, Final Report, at 5
(Aug. 31, 2009) 
Rejected proposal to amend Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 603 to permit
corporations to appear in district court eviction action without
representation by a licensed attorney, citing Nicollet
Restoration, Inc. v. Turnham

Trilogy Properties of MN LLC v. Gilmer
Principal and Address Disclosure, Minn. Stat. § 504B.181 

Osuji v. Coleman
Landlord’s Failure to Give Notice as Required by the Lease

Hwang v. _____
Landlord Failed to Disclose Mortgage Foreclosure to a
Prospective Tenant

Beaumia v. Eisenbraun
Rental License Rent Abatement

Skogberg v. Huisman
A material breach goes to the root or essence of the contract,
so substantial and fundamental that it defeats the object of the
parties in entering into the contract, where the injury is
irreparable or where damages would be inadequate or difficult
or impossible to determine

Pandemic Answer Forms - March 2020 through May 2022

Fee Waiver Forms: In Forma Pauperis (IFP)

Answer Forms

A0Instructions
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A1 Private 
November 2023
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A2 Manufactured Home Park Lots 
November 2023
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A3Section 8 Housing Choice and VASH Voucher Tenancies 
November 2023
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A4HUD Subsidized Projects under Handbook 4350.3 
December 2023
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A4XHUD Care Programs
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A5HUD Moderate Rehabilitation Projects
December 2023
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A5XHUD HOME  Investment  Partnerships Program
December 2023
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A6Project Based Section 8 Certificates
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A6XInternal Revenue Service Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
2019
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A7Rural Housing Service Subsidized Housing Projects 
November 2023
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A7XRural Housing Service Subsidized Housing Projects Receiving 
HUD Section 8 Subsidies
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A8Public Housing 
November 2023
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Fee Waiver Forms: In Forma Pauperis (IFP)

Eviction Expungement