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90.5 WESA An ordinance passed by City Council in 2015 would have required landlords to register their properties with the city and pay a fee for inspections and registration processing, but it was never implemented.
An Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge struck down a City of Pittsburgh ordinance on Tuesday that aimed to improve rental property standards in the city and eliminate absentee landlords. City Council
In his decision, Judge Joseph James called the fee “excessive” and an “impermissible tax.”
The ordinance would have required landlords to register their properties with the city and pay a per unit fee for inspections and registration processing. The fee would range from $45 to $65, and landlords who own large apartment buildings would pay less per unit. Landlords who passed the inspection would only have to pay half the fee to renew their rental registration permit and could wait five years between inspections rather than three years.
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After a years-long court battle, a case before Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court this week could have a big impact on affordable housing in Pittsburgh for tenants who rely on subsidized housing vouchers and landlords.
At issue is an ordinance passed by Pittsburgh City Council in 2015 forbidding landlords in the city from discriminating against tenants based on “source of income,” such as a Housing Choice Voucher, commonly referred to as a Section 8 voucher. Shortly after the ordinance passed, the Apartment Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh filed suit and the law has never been enforced.
Vouchers allow low-income tenants to rent a house or apartment on the private rental market. Generally, a tenant pays roughly one-third of their income toward the rent, and a government subsidy makes up the rest. However, many landlords won’t accept the vouchers and say they don’t want to deal with the bureaucracy and home inspections that come with accepting the