In January 2016 I filed an HP action to, hopefully, get my LL to remove 12 housing violations.There several court hearings culminating in an inquest. My LL did not show for any hearings. Two judgments were issued for $4.500 and $2,000, the latter to be paid to me.
Recently, I found out that the building is not registered. A fellow tenant told me that technically speaking, the LL cannot collect rent and much less initiate a non-payment proceeding against those of us withholding rent for not getting repairs.
Now I wonder if the LL's no-shows for court were related to not having a building registration and if this building status can affect my legal actions against this LL. The court attorney urged me to file a motion to restore my case already. Since the LL has not paid me the $2k I can now place a lien on the building.
Basically, I want to know what the consequences are of this non-registration if my LL keeps the current building status. And why would they not register the building?