HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS v. Melvin

The plaintiff, the Housing Authority of the city of East St. Louis, filed a complaint in forcible entry and detainer on March 15, 1985, against Doris Melvin seeking possession of apartment 40-A, Roosevelt Homes, a public housing development located in East St. Louis, and the sum of $425.25 in rent due as well as costs. The defendant counterclaimed, seeking $1,116 and the costs of the action, alleging that, as a result of the plaintiff’s breach of the implied warranty of habitability, she had paid $1,116 in rent in excess of the value of the tenancy. In a “second counterclaim” she sought an…