(A) This chapter shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.
(B) Underlying purposes and policies of this chapter are to:
(1) Encourage landlords and tenants to maintain and improve the quality of housing; and
(2) Make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among those states which enact it.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 151.02) (Jeff. Ord. 22-1984, adopted and effective 7-24-1984; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 134-2006, approved 8-23-2006)