[Protagoras]

Those slime balls who violated the ''any nuisance; any offensive noise, odor or fumes; or any hazard to health" clause of their agreement are scum.

Yep, anyone who doesn't live up to their agreement. Of course, you can't possibly know if it was in the agreement. So that's more like a "real estate novel".

And the scum group includes those who want to change the agreement after they have made it. And use thugs to do their dirty work at gunpoint.

Scum, and cowards.

[Modernman]

Those slime balls who violated the ''any nuisance; any offensive noise, odor or fumes; or any hazard to health" clause of their agreement are scum.

Yep, anyone who doesn't live up to their agreement. Of course, you can't possibly know if it was in the agreement. So that's more like a "real estate novel".

According to the article, this clause was in their lease. So, even though they had the right to smoke in their apartment, such smoking could be a cause for eviction if it violated this more general nuisance clause.

That's a pretty standard clause, really. Any well-written residential lease will have something similar.