Official:Amending The Philadelphia Code by adding requirements applicable to landlords who rent to students in Educational Housing Districts and to the colleges and universities attended by such students and by making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Nutter
Introduced: June 6, 2002
: Committee on Licenses and Inspections
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2000–2003 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill requires landlords in Educational Housing Districts to limit student occupancy to six students per building, unless a master lease is entered into with the college or university. Colleges and universities must provide adult supervision for students, apply their own disciplinary policies, and submit a security plan to the Police Department.
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