Bill No. 250330 is the companion to the proactive-inspection bill, and the pairing is deliberate: an inspection program only surfaces problems if tenants aren't punished for the reports that lead to them.

What specifically can't a landlord do?

Change lease terms or refuse a tenant because of prior violation reports or tenant-association membership. Those two triggers are named directly. A rent increase, a non-renewal, or a refusal to rent that follows a tenant's complaint to L&I is the pattern this bill targets.

Do I have to show tenants my rental license?

Yes — the license must be shared with tenants or posted in a public space at the property. This is a small administrative step with an outsized practical effect: it makes a property's licensed status visible to the person best positioned to notice it is missing. If your license lapsed, your tenant will now be in a position to know.

What changed about "good cause" for ending a tenancy?

It now applies to all leases regardless of length. Philadelphia's requirement that a landlord give written justification to terminate a tenancy previously reached only month-to-month arrangements and leases under one year. The Safe Healthy Homes package extends it across the board, so a standard twelve-month lease is covered.

Is this in effect now?

Council passed it; no separate compliance deadline has been published. As with the rest of the Safe Healthy Homes Act, treat passage as the signal to get your paperwork current rather than as a same-day compliance cliff.

What's the practical takeaway?

The license-posting requirement is the piece to act on immediately, because it is trivial to satisfy and it exposes anything that isn't in order. The retaliation provisions mostly formalize a standard careful landlords already meet — the risk lands on owners whose response to a complaint is to make the tenancy harder.

What HubKey does about it

We keep your license current, which is the part of this bill you can actually control. Our free property check tells you whether your license is active today — worth confirming before you post it where your tenant can read it.

This is a summary of what the ordinance requires, not legal advice. For a specific tenant dispute, consult a Pennsylvania attorney.