This table summarizes existing state laws and pending state legislation that are designed to counteract some of the common legal problems in housing that victims face. The chart is also indexed by the type of provision. The list includes measures that: prohibit housing discrimination against victims of abuse; allow a battered tenant to terminate the lease early to flee violence; provide a defense to eviction for battered tenants in housing court; prohibit landlords from refusing to permit battered tenants to summon police or emergency assistance; requiring landlords to change the locks of a battered tenant; and other provisions.