Bill No. 250330-AA is Philadelphia's final Right to Safety ordinance. It changes the City's unfair-rental-practices rules and adds a broader safe-and-healthy-homes framework for habitability, tenant organizing, retaliation, harassment, and remedies.

When does Bill 250330-AA take effect?

The ordinance takes effect November 1, 2026. City Council passed the final amended bill 15–1 on April 23, and the Mayor signed it May 7.

What conduct receives stronger retaliation protection?

The final ordinance covers a wider range of tenant activity and landlord responses. The enacted text addresses complaints and enforcement activity, communications with government officials or in court, tenant-organization participation, interference with quiet enjoyment and housing services, abusive use of government processes, and misuse of certain health information.

The details and available defenses matter. A temporal sequence alone does not decide a legal claim, and this page should not be used as a substitute for counsel in a dispute.

What changed about good cause for ending a tenancy?

The final ordinance applies the good-cause requirement to an action terminating any lease, rather than limiting it to leases of less than one year. It also defines covered termination actions and retains detailed notice, cause, and exception provisions.

For owners and managers, that means non-renewal templates and workflows should not be reused without checking the new text. A Pennsylvania attorney should review notices before they are deployed after November 1.

Is the rental-license posting rule part of Bill 250330-AA?

No. The duty to post or deliver a rental license and required statutory information appears in Bill 250329-AA. Earlier versions of this page incorrectly placed that obligation in the Right to Safety bill. Both ordinances share a November 1 effective date, but they amend different parts of the Philadelphia Code.

Practical preparation before November 1

  • review non-renewal and termination templates with counsel;
  • document legitimate, non-retaliatory business reasons for lease actions;
  • keep repair requests, access attempts, contractor work, and reinspection records;
  • train staff and vendors on tenant communications and property access;
  • preserve evidence of services promised by the lease; and
  • route legal disputes to counsel rather than improvising responses.

See the full Philadelphia landlord checklist for November 1, 2026 for the licensing and document-delivery changes in the companion ordinance.

This is a summary of an enacted ordinance, not legal advice. For a tenant dispute, lease termination, or Fair Housing Commission matter, consult a Pennsylvania attorney.