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Landlords Ordered to Disclose Smoking Policies to Tenants in Thousands of City Apartments

Official:Amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Landlord and Tenant - Rent Control," by requiring that tenants of certain multi-family buildings be provided with a written disclosure of the building policy on smoking in individual dwelling units, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Bass

Introduced: February 12, 2015

: Committee on Public Health and Human Services

housing rent controlsmoking policy

No one voted on this bill

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires landlords in certain multi-family buildings to provide tenants with a written disclosure about their smoking policy.

What This Bill Does

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Requires landlords in multi-family buildings to provide tenants with a written disclosure of the building's smoking policy in individual dwelling units.
Defines a "multi-family building" as a building that serves as a residence for three or more families, with each family occupying a single dwelling unit.
Specifies that the smoking disclosure policy must be provided in writing, either as part of the lease or in a separate document, and must state whether smoking is prohibited, permitted in all units, or permitted in some units.
Specifies that if smoking is permitted in some units, the disclosure must identify the specific units where smoking is allowed.