Rental properties-plank-philly

==Rental property owners/tenants in Philadelphia ==
from Feb 2006
Philadelphia City Council, Bill 060010, requires all rental housing providers obtain a Certificate of Rental Suitability from L&I no more than 30 days before a new tenant takes a unit. 
:Whether you are an owner/manager -- small or large -- or a renter, you may be subject to a creative new fee and red tape from L&I if City Council passes this bill.
===Aims===
* Aims to prevent unscrupulous people from renting places not really fit for habitation to the most vulnerable of our brethren. 
* The bill is unenforceable because the worst offenders are unlicensed anyway. 
* The fee will get passed on from landlords onto new tenants as some kind of "leasing fee." 
* The fee's charge comes at just the time the tenant is trying to scrape up the money to pay the first month's rent, security and final months' rent deposit, and moving costs.
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===Summary===
This is another example of bloated government bureaucracy in action.
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