Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office has filed a lawsuit against a landlord of an Apple Valley property alleged to have illegally forced tenants to vacate during the COVID-19 peacetime emergency in violation of an executive order from Gov. Tim Walz

The lawsuit alleges Joanna Wentzlaff, who rented out a townhome in Apple Valley, falsely claimed she or her family member needed to move into the rental property, which is an exemption under the executive order. The landlord allegedly kicked her tenants out in order to put the property up for sale, a news release from Ellison’s office says.

  
Load comments