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Michael Dwyer/AP Photo A study by UPenn and NYU researchers found Philadelphia landlords are adding "bad" terms into leases. One big reason is the rise of shared leases, available cheaply on the Internet for landlords to use. One of the coauthors says landlords will use these illegal terms as soon as moratoriums expire. A new study took a deep dive into about 170,000 Philadelphia leases from 2005 to 2019 — and found that the number of "bad" terms in them has increased "sharply" over the past 20 years. Authors David A. Hoffman and Anton Strezhnev, of University ...

Illegal lease terms have grown for decades, study of Philadelphia landlords finds insider@insider.com (Juliana Kaplan) © Michael Dwyer/AP Photo Housing activists gathering in Massachusetts in October. Michael Dwyer/AP Photo A study by UPenn and NYU researchers found Philadelphia landlords are adding "bad" terms into leases. One big reason is the rise of shared leases, available cheaply on the Internet for landlords to use. One of the coauthors says landlords will use these illegal terms as soon as moratoriums expire. A new study took a deep dive into about 170,000 Philadelp...