PRINTER'S NO. 2374
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2062
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PARKER, SANCHEZ, KINKEAD, SHUSTERMAN, KINSEY,
MADDEN AND KRAJEWSKI, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, NOVEMBER 9, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
relating thereto," in creation of leases, statute of frauds
and mortgaging of leaseholds, providing for lease application
review.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known
as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 207. Lease Application Review.--(a) No later than
fourteen days after a landlord receives an application for a
lease covered under this article, the landlord must review the
application and determine whether to offer housing.
(b) Upon making the determination of whether to offer
housing under subsection (a), the landlord must provide written
notice to the applicant either offering housing or denying the
application. The written notice must be clearly written and
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include contact information for the local Housing Authority
office and for the Office of Attorney General.
(c) If an application is denied, the written notice under
subsection (b) must include the reasons for denial, including a
description of deficiencies in the application. An applicant
shall have fourteen days to respond or provide evidence of
rehabilitation, mitigating factors or inaccuracies of the
written notice to be reconsidered for housing.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 30 days.
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