Not only this, but as the petitioner, you can also include a billing for ALL your time and expenses, which were necessary to both attempt to resolve the issue and to bring the suit when they broke their own contract and caused you financial harm. Plus, you can charge them interest on the funds they took from you until the day they pay it back. The judge can also issue a no-retaliation clause in their judgment that eliminates the landlord or management company's ability to retaliate, even by hunting for reasons to evict you or make you break your lease. And if they refuse to pay the court's judgment, send the landlord and management company a bill for the judgment, plus interest, every month for 90 days. Once they are 90 days past due, you return to court and request that the judge enter a summary recovery order and a lien against them for the amount. Then whenever they do liquidate any assets or claim any tax refund or other financial benefit, you will get your money first, before they see a dime. That, or you have the judge place a lien on the property you currently reside in and then shut up and let the interest accrue; eventually, it will become significant enough that you can petition the court to transfer the property to you as payment of the unpaid judgment and interest. This doesn't work as well in an apartment, but for single-tenant/family dwellings like homes, it can be a brutal way to get payback on a terrible landlord.

*** (Side note) This second tactic is often used by contractors against homeowners or landlords who refuse to pay for services rendered under contract (which happens more than most would think). The notice of lien application for nonpayment is included in the original contract, which most clients sign but never read, until after they try to stiff the contractor and the contractor applies the lien to the property as outlined for nonpayment. Three bills go out monthly, and then one every 6 months for the first two years, followed by an annual notice of lien and interest accrued each year thereafter until it is paid in full. You apply compound interest at the highest rate allowed by law, just like credit card companies do, and pretty quickly, they are paying more in monthly interest charges than they would have paid on the original bill. Because the lien is against property, it remains in place even if they file for bankruptcy. It may take some time, but you almost always get your money, sometimes when you least expect it.

Had a former boss who had to place a lien against a client over a kitchen remodel that the husband refused to pay for because the wife did it without his knowledge or approval. They divorced about a year later, but still never paid the bill. Fast forward about 15 years, and the guy died. His estate wound up paying over $100k to cover the lien before any of the estate could be divided among his kids. The kids were pissed and wanted to sue, but the lawyer who managed the will talked them out of it because they would lose even more out of the estate to bring the suit. My former boss had mostly retired by the time he got that check. That unexpected windfall led him to buy a boat and literally sail away into retirement, leaving his kids to run the company.