HB 734 — An Act amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, in tenement buildings and multiple dwelling premises, further providing for landlord's duties; and providing for tenant relocation.

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734983 2025THE INTRODUCEDGENERAL BYASSEMBLY MADSEN,OF HOWARD,PENNSYLVANIA RABB,HOUSE SANCHEZ,BILL SCHLOSSBERG,Session HILL- EVANS, FIEDLER, CIRESI, McANDREW, FLEMING, OTTEN, DEASY AND GREEN, FEBRUARY 25, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FEBRUARY 25, 2025 AN ACT Amending the act of AprilNo. 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 relating thereto," in tenement buildings and multiplew dwelling premises, further providing for landlord's duties;

734 2025 INTRODUCED BY MADSEN, HOWARD, RABB, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL- EVANS, FIEDLER, CIRESI, McANDREW, FLEMING, OTTEN, DEASY AND GREEN, FEBRUARY 25, 2025 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 17, 2025 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 relating thereto," in tenement buildings and multiplew dwelling premises, further providing for landlord's duties;

(a) Requirement.--For a temporarily displaced tenant, a landlord shall comply with the provisions of this section within 20250HB0734PN075820250HB0734PN0983 - 2 - 60 hours of the posting of condemnation on the rental housing.

(d) Lease terms.--If a temporarily displaced tenant returns 20250HB0734PN075820250HB0734PN0983 - 3 - to the tenant's original housing, all lease provisions, including provisions regarding the length of the lease term and the amount of rent due at the time of the displacement shall remain in place for the remainder of the lease in effect at the time of the tenant's displacement.

(1) The permanently displaced tenant's security deposit with interest.interest IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 511.1 AND 511.2.

If <-- the permanently displaced tenant had unpaid debts or arrearages owed to the landlord prior to the rental housing becoming uninhabitable, a landlord may use the security deposit to recoup the unpaid debts or arrearages.

If the tenant accepts an arrangement of the dwelling unit under this paragraph, the 20250HB0734PN0983 - 4 - landlord shall have no other requirements under this article.

20250HB0734PN0758 - 4 - (3) A landlord may offer to a displaced tenant to be released from the requirements of the written lease early if the rental housing will not be made habitable by the end of the original lease agreement.

(4) When the rental unit becomes habitable, the landlord shall give written notice by certified mail to the permanently displaced tenant informing the tenant that the 20250HB0734PN0983 - 5 - rental housing is habitable and ready to be occupied.

20250HB0734PN0758 - 5 - (5) A permanently displaced tenant shall notify a landlord of the tenant's intent to reoccupy the rental housing no later than five days after receipt of the certified letter notifying the tenant that the rental housing is ready to be occupied.

or 20250HB0734PN0983 - 6 - (ii) damages that are the result of the lack of 20250HB0734PN0758 - 6 - maintenance, neglect, failure to pay utility bills or other preventative action that could have been taken by the tenant.

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