Ordinance 12 of 2021 amending Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania

Level

City

Authority

Home Rule Charter; Declaration of Disaster Emergency of March 13, 2020

Issued

2021-04-06 Apr. 6, 2021

Effective

2021-04-06

End

Sunset with the City's Disaster Emergency Declaration (sec. 782.02 as renumbered); last renewal to August 3, 2021 (read as 2021-08-03)

In force

Apr. 6, 2021 to Aug. 3, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• landlords
• tenants
• Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
• City enforcement officers

Functions reached

• PM
• LE
• CB

Collection

Pittsburgh MET-PIT

Operative words

Section 782.01 Residential Eviction Regulation. (a) No landlord may take action to evict, remove, or dispossess a household except for good cause. A landlord desiring to evict may request a good cause exemption from the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations upon proof of any of the following: (1) Conduct that presents an imminent threat to the health or safety of other residents... (2) Other serious breach of the lease terms or compelling basis... including... failure to pay amounts due (so long as such failure to pay is not due to an inability to pay arising from a COVID-19 related hardship).... (c)... (1) Any person who pursues the eviction or dispossession of an individual or a household, without good cause as found by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to a fine of up to $1,000; (2)... a household that includes one or more children under the age of 13... a fine of up to $2,500... Section 782.02 Sunset. This Chapter 782 shall expire upon termination of the City's Disaster Emergency Declaration or by City Council legislative termination, whichever is sooner.

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