ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland lawmaker has introduced the “Jared Kushner Act,” a bill that would prevent state judges from issuing arrest warrants for tenants who are being sued for less than $5,000 in unpaid rent.
The bill filed by Del. Bilal Ali, a Baltimore Democrat, follows The Baltimore Sun’s report that Kushner’s apartment management company was the state’s most aggressive landlord in obtaining civil arrest warrants called “body attachments” against tenants.
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