Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a new Chapter entitled "Protection Against Abusive Rental Practices," by prohibiting the rental of property based on a cost per rentable space basis, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Ramos
Introduced: December 7, 2006
: Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 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 would make it against the law to rent property based on a cost per square foot of usable space rather than total rentable area. This is intended to prevent landlords from charging unfairly high prices for common areas like hallways and lobbies.
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