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This section of PALawHelp.org has information and resources about Mobile Homes & Manufactured Housing in Pennsylvania.

• Manufactured (Mobile) Home Parks

  Information from Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. on the rights of residents of Manufactured (Mobile) Home Parks. Read More

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  Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc.

• Manufactured Home Community Rights Act (Video)

  This video from Neighborhood Legal Services Association explains your rights under the new law in Pennsylvania governing manufactured home communities (mobile home parks) which came into effect in March of 2011. Read More

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Manufactured Home Park Lot Leases

  Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association on leases with Mobile Home Parks Content Detail

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  Neighborhood Legal Services Association

• Mobile Home Park Tenant Rights

  Information from Northwestern Legal Services on mobile home park rights, including eviction procedures, reasonable park rules and regulations, requirements relating to rent and fees. Read More

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  Northwestern Legal Services

• Self-Help Handbook for Tenants

  This handbook from North Penn Legal Services provides useful information about renting an apartment and some of the basics of landlord-tenant law. For those looking for rental housing, the handbook has practical suggestions about what to look for while inspecting the rental unit and what questions to ask the landlord. For those who are already renting, the handbook discusses common problems such as nonpayment of rent or complaints about repairs. [PDF] Read More

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  North Penn Legal Services

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  Spanish / Español

• Your Right as a Tenant to a Decent Home

  This brochure from Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. describes the right of a tenant to a safe and sanitary home. Read More

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  Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc.

• Magisterial District Courts

  Information from Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. on the operation of Magisterial District Courts in Pennsylvania. Read More

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  Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc.

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

  Russian / Pусский

  Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

• Magisterial District Judge Court - Filing Suit

  This information from Northwestern Legal Services provides instructions on how to file a lawsuit in Magisterial District Judge Court. Read More

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  Northwestern Legal Services

• Notice of Appeal for Pennsylvania

  This packet from North Penn Legal Services will prepare a "Notice of Appeal" form (as well as a Civil Cover Sheet) for filing an appeal from the Magisterial District Court to the Court of Common Pleas. Instructions for filing and service will be included. Read More

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  North Penn Legal Services

• PA Courts Public Access Policy - Filing Requirements in the Courts (Video)

  Effective on January 6, 2018, a new Public Access Policy is in effect in Pennsylvania Courts. This policy imposes requirements on anyone filing court documents in the trial and appellate courts to safeguard information in the documents they file. The Pennsylvania Courts have released this series of videos that explain the judiciary’s new policy for protecting confidential information and the required steps you must take to protect that information when filing documents in the courts. Content Detail

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  Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts

• Manufactured Home Community Rights

  Information the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act (MHCRA) whihc was enacted to protect individuals and families who both: 1) own their manufactured home and 2) rent space for that manufactured home in a manufactured home community. Content Detail

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  Northwestern Legal Services