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Office of Attorney General has prepared this Consumer Guide to Tenant and Landlord Rights. The Guide explains what you should know when applying to rent, living in a rented property, and dealing with the end of a lease.
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.
30 maj 2023 · Learn about both landlord and tenant rights in Pennsylvania regarding rent payments, habitability, privacy, notice requirements and more.
Recovery of Rent by Assumpsit.--Any landlord may recover from a tenant rent in arrears in an action of assumpsit as debts of similar amount are by law recoverable. In any such action, interest at the legal rate on the amount of rent due may be allowed if deemed equitable under the circumstances of the particular case.
The Pennsylvania Landlord-Tenant Act includes the process for Magisterial District Court evictions, limitations on the length of verbal leases (three years), and rules about security deposits .
In cities of the first, second, and third class the Rent Withholding Act (35 P.S. 1700-1) states that where a dwelling is officially certified as “unfit for human habitation” by a local code authority or health department, a tenant may arrange to pay rent into an official escrow fund instead of to the landlord.
The Guide provides an overview of the state and federal legal requirements that govern the landlord-tenant relationship, as well as best practices when renting a place to live. The Guide informs you about what to look for when applying to rent and reviewing a lease, what to expect while renting, and what to anticipate when a lease ends.
