City of Philadelphia - File #: 210329-A

• File #: 210329-A
• Version: 2
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 4/15/2021
• In control: Committee on Law and Government
• Final action: 6/24/2021
• Title: Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," to require the use and disclosure of uniform screening criteria for rental housing and certain related disclosures to prospective rental housing applicants, and to provide that the failure to provide such disclosures may be evidence of other unlawful housing and real property practices, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Brooks, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Gauthier, Councilmember Thomas
• Indexes: FAIR PRACTICES, HOUSING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/15/2021	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/24/2021	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	17:0
6/17/2021	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/17/2021	2	CITY COUNCIL	AMENDED
6/17/2021	2	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
6/10/2021	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
6/10/2021	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
6/10/2021	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
6/8/2021	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/8/2021	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING HELD
6/8/2021	0	Committee on Law and Government	AMENDED
6/8/2021	1	Committee on Law and Government	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
4/15/2021	0	CITY COUNCIL

Title
Amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," to require the use and disclosure of uniform screening criteria for rental housing and certain related disclosures to prospective rental housing applicants, and to provide that the failure to provide such disclosures may be evidence of other unlawful housing and real property practices, all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections against Unlawful Discrimination" is amended as follows:

CHAPTER 9-1100. FAIR PRACTICES ORDINANCE: PROTECTIONS AGAINST UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION

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? 9-1108. Unlawful Housing and Real Property Practices.

(1) It shall be an unlawful housing and real property practice to deny or interfere with the housing accommodation, commercial property or other real property opportunities of an individual or otherwise discriminate based on his or her race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, age, source of income, familial status, or domestic or sexual violence victim status, including, but not limited to, the following:

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(3) It shall be an unlawful housing practice for an owner of a property being offered for rental housing, or any other person having the right to rent, lease, or approve the rental or lease of the property, to begin accepting applications for rental housing before providing a uniform written rental screening criteria in a manner that makes such criteria readily available to all potential applicants, such as on a conspicuous place on a rental website or on the premises, if available. The uniform written rental screening criteria shall specify all objective and subjective criteria that will be used to review rental applicati...