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Your Right to a Safe Home
Legal Information
This section of PALawHelp.org has information and resources about issues relating to Your Right to a Safe Home in Pennsylvania.
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A Tenant's Guide to Renting
This handbook from Neighborhood Legal Services Association is designed to address some common problems that you may face as a tenant. It addresses a number issues including Searching for a rental unit; Reviewing and signing your lease; Moving into your new rental unit; Living in your rental unit; and Moving out. [PDF] Content Detail
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Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
Information from Northwestern Legal Services for tenants about your right to quiet enjoyment of your premises. Read More
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Deceptive Home Improvement Contractors Complaints
Information for home owners with HUD insured loans on avoiding deceptive home improvement contractors. Content Detail
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Deduct & Repair - Tenant's Right to a Safe and Decent Home
Informational guide from MidPenn Legal Services for tenants which explains their right to a safe and decent home and the right to deduct the cost of necessary repairs from future rents if the landlord fails to make repairs. Read More
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Home Improvements
Information from MidPenn Legal Services providing information when deciding whether to make home repairs. Content Detail
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Housing Code Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet from MidPenn Legal Services outlining various house code issues and tenants rights Read More
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How to Get Your Landlord to Make Repairs (Video)
Video from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Eviction Prevention Project, offering information on how to get your landlord to make necessary repairs to your rental property. Read More
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How to Keep Someone off Your Property
Information from Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. about keeping people off your property and the law relating to defiant trespass. Read More
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How to Sue At the Office of the Magisterial District Judge
Information from MidPenn Legal Services on how to file suit on small claims in your local Office of the Magisterial District Judge. Read More
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Implied Warranty of Habitability
Information from Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. on your right to a residence fit for human habitation. Content Detail
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Landlord's Duty To Make Repairs
Information from Neighborhood Legal Services Association on a landlord's duty to repair rental property. Content Detail
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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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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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Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
Information from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on lead-based paint hazards. Content Detail
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PAHousingSearch.com
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency provides this simple-to-use housing locator Web site that lets you define what you want in your next living space, and then it does all the research – presenting you with the relevant housing vacancies that best fit your parameters in the community where you want to live. Content Detail
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