Erie City Co. votes to update ‘Tenant Bill of Rights' to remedy unfair landlord costs
Council members call it a small change that puts the city's law in line with the commonwealth's.
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It involves a $15 application fee that potential tenants pay landlords when they apply for housing.
Under the old ordinance, if they were turned down, the tenant would get that fee back.
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But since landlords do background checks that cost money to conduct, if they turn a tenant down, they'd be taking on that fee regularly.
'This ordinance not only is putting everyone's rights in one spot, but it's also allowed more conversations around the education on what renters need to know and what landlords need to know to work together. It's creating a new collaboration that we didn't see happening before,' said Erie City Council member Tyler Titus.
Titus said this was about rectifying an unfair step for landlords and that no other language in the ordinance was impacted.
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