What counts as retaliation, and the window where the law presumes it
This page covers landlord retaliation in Louisiana — what a landlord may not do after you exercise a protected right.
It does not cover commercial leases, or conduct outside the protected window described below.
路易斯安那**无专门反报复成文法**（未采纳 URLTA）。租客仅能援引「abuse of rights」（abus de droit）大陆法判例抗辩，主张房东以损害租客为目的行使驱逐权。
新奥尔良市 Ordinance 26-680（2023-07）有「6 个月推定」，但仅限该市，非州法。联邦 Fair Housing Act（42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq.）补充保护。
None (no anti-retaliation statute); La. Civ. Code art. 6 (abuse of rights) ↗Louisiana does not set a statutory presumption window. Whether an action counts as retaliation depends on the facts rather than a fixed clock.
路易斯安那州法**无推定窗口**，举证责任在租客（证明房东报复意图）。新奥尔良市条例的「6 个月推定」仅限该市。
None (no state anti-retaliation statute) ↗无州级受保护行为清单。联邦 Fair Housing Act 下投诉住房歧视、行使公平住房权利受联邦保护。
42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. (federal Fair Housing Act) ↗无州级禁止行为清单。abuse of rights 抗辩针对以损害租客为目的的驱逐/不续约。
La. Civ. Code art. 6 (abuse of rights doctrine) ↗举证责任在租客（证明房东报复意图），无成文举证责任倒置。
None (abuse of rights doctrine) ↗abuse of rights 可作驱逐之诉的抗辩；联邦 Fair Housing Act 下可向 HUD 投诉或起诉追偿。
La. Civ. Code art. 6; 42 U.S.C. § 3613 ↗无州级报复法豁免条款。房东基于欠租、违约等独立合法理由的驱逐不构成 abuse of rights。
None (abuse of rights doctrine) ↗Every figure on this page comes from the official text or a state court opinion, not from a summary. The table below lists each provision used and the date it was last checked.
| Statute | Last verified | Source |
|---|---|---|
| None (no anti-retaliation statute); La. Civ. Code art. 6 (abuse of rights) | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| None (no state anti-retaliation statute) | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. (federal Fair Housing Act) | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code art. 6 (abuse of rights doctrine) | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| None (abuse of rights doctrine) | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
| La. Civ. Code art. 6; 42 U.S.C. § 3613 | 2026-10-16 | official text ↗ |
Where the official text and a secondary summary disagree, this page follows the official text and says so. Where a provision admits of more than one reading, that is flagged rather than smoothed over.
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路易斯安那**无专门反报复成文法**（未采纳 URLTA）。租客仅能援引「abuse of rights」（abus de droit）大陆法判例抗辩，主张房东以损害租客为目的行使驱逐权。
The state does not set a statutory presumption window. 路易斯安那州法**无推定窗口**，举证责任在租客（证明房东报复意图）。新奥尔良市条例的「6 个月推定」仅限该市。