Not Good News-New City of Philadelphia Leasing Requirement (Bed Bugs)
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In case you didn’t receive the notification from the City of Philadelphia, it is now required (effective January 1, 2021) that all new leases or lease renewals include the following:
Develop and follow a Bed Bug Control Plan
Provide the bed bug information notice (see link below) to your tenants about preventing infestation and landlord/tenant responsibilities
Provide written notice of the history of bed bug remediation in the rental unit within the preceding 120 days.
In addition, landlords are also now required to respond to tenant complaints regarding bed bugs as follows:
If a tenant complains about bed bugs in their rental unit, you have ten days to bring in pest control professionals to investigate the complaint and begin remediation if bed bugs are present.
If the unit is in a building with four or more rental units, the units above, below, andadjacent to the unit must also be investigated for bed bugs.
Remediation must continue until there is no evidence of bed bugs. After that a pest control professional must monitor for 12 days to check for re-infestation.
More information through the links below:
https://www.phila.gov/documents/philadelphia-bed-bug-materials/
