Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the creation of a Fair Housing Commission as an independent commission; as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and, authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Parker
Introduced: February 3, 2022
Signed: February 24, 2022
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill asks voters to create a new independent Fair Housing Commission to oversee and enforce laws related to unfair rental practices and landlord-tenant issues.
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