This section of PALawHelp.org has information and resources about issues relating to Tenants Rights
in Pennsylvania.
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Security Deposits
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network on tenants' rights relating to security deposits. When you rent a house, apartment, or mobile home, you usually have to pay a security deposit to your landlord to cover possible damage to the premises or rent still owing when you move. This pamphlet describes your rights under a Pennsylvania law that limits how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit and states when and how the deposit should be returned to you, the tenant. The information in this brochure applies only to residential leases.
Tenants! Being Evicted?
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network on the rights of tenants who are being evicted. Knowing and using your rights as a tenant might be the difference between keeping or losing your home. The information provided here can help you understand your rights.
How to Keep Someone off Your Property
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network about keeping people off your property and the law relating to defiant trespass.
Security Deposits
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network on tenants' rights relating to security deposits. When you rent a house, apartment, or mobile home, you usually have to pay a security deposit to your landlord to cover possible damage to the premises or rent still owing when you move. This pamphlet describes your rights under a Pennsylvania law that limits how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit and states when and how the deposit should be returned to you, the tenant. The information in this brochure applies only to residential leases.
Tenants! Being Evicted?
Information from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network on the rights of tenants who are being evicted. Knowing and using your rights as a tenant might be the difference between keeping or losing your home. The information provided here can help you understand your rights.
Your Right as a Tenant to a Decent Home
This brochure from the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network describes the right of a tenant to a safe and sanitary home. When you rent a home, Pennsylvania law says that it must be a decent place to live. This right to a safe and sanitary home comes from a decision of the state Supreme Court. The court called this right the implied warranty of habitability. Your landlord is not required to provide you with a perfect place to live. But the landlord must make repairs necessary to keep your home in a safe, sanitary, and healthy condition, provided that you did not cause the damage and provided you are current on your rent when the problems develop.