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Council committee advances bill requiring verifiable contact information, local agents for nonresident landlords
Summary
The Licenses and Inspections committee advanced an amendment to Bill 250980 to require nonresident property owners to provide verifiable contact information and designate local agents; the Department of Licenses and Inspections supported the goal but raised legal and operational concerns and recommended consulting the Law Department.
The Philadelphia City Council Licenses and Inspections Committee on Thursday reported Bill 250980, with amendments, that would require nonresident property owners to provide a verifiable physical address and designate a local agent in the city authorized to receive legal notices and emergency communications.
Basil Miranda, commissioner for the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) inspections, safety, and compliance division, told the committee the administration supports the legislation's goal of improving landlord responsiveness but identified several legal, technical and operational issues in the bill's current draft. Miranda said some of the proposal's tenant-remedy…
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