{"id":220,"date":"2020-07-31T08:50:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/?p=220"},"modified":"2020-07-31T08:50:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:50:12","slug":"covid-19-philadelphia-extends-residential-eviction-moratorium-through-march-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/2020\/07\/31\/covid-19-philadelphia-extends-residential-eviction-moratorium-through-march-15-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Philadelphia Extends Residential Eviction Moratorium through March 15, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>As of 7-31-20, Philadelphia City officials have extended the City&#8217;s<strong>\u00a0residential eviction moratorium in Philadelphia until March 15, 2021<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/>According to reporting from CBS 3, the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) said it wants the city\u2019s 80,000 low-income residents who have been \u201cdisproportionately impacted\u201d by the pandemic to be assured their housing will not be a concern for the rest of the uncertainty.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe <strong>federal eviction moratorium expires this week<\/strong>. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has extended it to the end of August, while the Congress and the Trump Administration debate another extension. I wanted to take bold action in this regard, to maintain housing stability for our residents,\u201d PHA President Kelvin Jeremiah said.<br \/><br \/>According to Jeremiah, the moratorium applies only to \u201cmatters involving the nonpayment of rent and related fees,\u201d but doesn\u2019t apply to evictions related to health and safety.<br \/><br \/>The moratorium <strong>does not forgive nonpayment of rent and fees during the period<\/strong>, the PHA said, and tenants remain responsible for rent under the terms of their lease agreement.<br \/><br \/>Philadelphians who cannot pay their rent or have a financial hardship are urged to apply for a PHA Hardship Waiver or look into payment plans.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Duane Morris<\/strong> has created a COVID-19 Strategy Team to help organizations plan, respond to and address this fast-moving situation. Contact your Duane Morris attorney for more information. Prior Alerts on the topic are available on the team\u2019s webpage.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you have any questions about this post, please contact Brad A. Molotsky, Elizabeth Mincer, David Augustin or the attorney in the firm with whom you are regularly in contact.<br \/><br \/>Be well and stay safe!<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of 7-31-20, Philadelphia City officials have extended the City&#8217;s\u00a0residential eviction moratorium in Philadelphia until March 15, 2021. According to reporting from CBS 3, the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) said it wants the city\u2019s 80,000 low-income residents who have been \u201cdisproportionately impacted\u201d by the pandemic to be assured their housing will not be a concern &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/projectdevelopmentinfrastructurep3\/2020\/07\/31\/covid-19-philadelphia-extends-residential-eviction-moratorium-through-march-15-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID-19: Philadelphia Extends Residential Eviction Moratorium through March 15, 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":285,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37,284,164,382,380,106,381,87,225,369],"ppma_author":[520],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-brad-a-molotsky","tag-david-augustin","tag-elizabeth-mincer","tag-eviction-moratorium","tag-kenney","tag-pa","tag-pha","tag-philadelphia","tag-residential","tag-residential-evictions"],"authors":[{"term_id":520,"user_id":285,"is_guest":0,"slug":"bamolotsky","display_name":"Brad A. 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