Description
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.
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Actions
- (minutes) June 9, 2011: Introduced and Referred to the Committee on Law and Government by CITY COUNCIL
- Sept. 28, 2011: HEARING NOTICES SENT by Committee on Law and Government
- HEARING HELD by Committee on Law and Government
- AMENDED by Committee on Law and Government
- REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED by Committee on Law and Government
- (minutes) Oct. 6, 2011: ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR by CITY COUNCIL
- SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL by CITY COUNCIL
- ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR by CITY COUNCIL
- (minutes) Oct. 13, 2011: READ AND PASSED by CITY COUNCIL
- Oct. 26, 2011: SIGNED by MAYOR
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Introduced:
June 9, 2011
Last action: Oct. 26, 2011
Status: ENACTED
Last action: Oct. 26, 2011
Status: ENACTED
Councilmember Greenlee