Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions,” by adding a new Chapter, entitled “Residential Property Wholesalers,” to regulate the solicitation of purchases of real property and require certain disclosures by property purchasers to homeowners, and amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination,” to provide protections to homeowners from solicitation and related problems, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Domb
Introduced: October 8, 2020
Signed: November 19, 2020
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill regulates real estate wholesalers and requires them to disclose certain information to homeowners before purchasing a property. It also updates an existing law that protects against unlawful discrimination in housing.
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