Consider letting the police do the work for you. When you smell the drugs, call the cops.

1) She may sue you for liable but it is unlikely she could win. 2. If she has no permit and is violating zoning, the District Judge will not be...

In PA the courts have established what is known as the “Implied Warranty of Habitability.” It comes from a case called Pugh v. Holmes. You can...

My landlord don't paid the bill i don't have water in my house 4 days i got 2 kids can't used the bathroom/

Call the CIty immediately. No water for four days would be grounds to move if the LL had notice. If you want to stay, you are going to have to...

Can a landlord be held responsible if a tenant ran a business out of a residential rental property and then moved out?

The property owner will have no liability. The PA Dept of State is very responsive. Write and tell them the company is no longer at the address.

I am renting the basement in a house. The landlord does not have a liscence or occupancy permit He did not heat until recently.

My guess, and it is a guess because no two judges think alike, is that your remedy is to be able to move out and break the lease.

I live in PA and would like to know if I can cash my security deposit without giving up my right to protest the withheld amount?

If the check says something like, "Cashing this check is an agreement to accept the payment as payment in full,' then you cannot cash it. If it...

Are "administrative fees" on security deposit returns legal in PA?

The first case that I ever tried, as a first year law student in 1972, was under 68 P.S. 250.512. I doubt any LL could find a District Judge that...

My sister and I own a home together, we are both on the deed. It is owned outright, no loans attached.

You know what the real problem is? You can go to the courts and file a partition action, but then you would have to sue your sister. You need...

Is it legal for a landlord to do such?

Have you given written notice to the LL to fix items that go to the habitability of the apartment? (Does the Health dept agree they are...