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Landlord Tenant Law

By Jenny Hohenstein •  September 18, 2017

Interested in landlord tenant law? Check out Bisel's Pennsylvania Landlord Tenant Law and Practice. It includes forms, checklists and a thorough discussion of the principles of Pennsylvania landlord tenant law with emphasis on residential leases. Another helpful resource is PBI's Representing Residential Landlords and Tenants. It has general chapters on "Creation of a Landlord/Tenant Relationship" and "Residential Lease Drafting (2014)", but also more specific content, such as "Lead-Based Paint Disclosure, Anti-Retaliation and Lead Safe Rental Certification", "Select Utility Law Issues Affecting Landlords and Tenants" and "Subsidized Housing Programs".

For more titles dealing with landlord tenant law, search our catalog or take a look at our research guide, Pennsylvania Real Estate & Landlord Tenant Law.

To learn about the nuances of litigating landlord-tenant disputes in Philadelphia county, register for our upcoming class taught by Alan Nochumson, a columnist for The Legal Intelligencer for more than a decade.

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