Official:Amending Section 9-804 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Unfair Rental Practices," by requiring that every lease provide that a landlord shall be prohibited from terminating the lease based upon a tenant's status as a domestic violence victim, and shall be required to terminate the lease upon the request of a tenant victim of domestic violence, or may bifurcate the lease if such victim requests bifurcation, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee
Introduced: June 9, 2011
Signed: October 13, 2011
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires landlords in Philadelphia to allow tenants who are victims of domestic violence to terminate their lease without penalty and allows them to bifurcate the lease if they request it.
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