A landlord-friendly amendment to a bill was recently passed that hopes to help Philadelphia’s bed bug infestation.
This bill would require tenants to pay for half the cost of extermination. If an infestation is discovered before the tenants have been in the property for 90 days, landlords must cover the cost of extermination. Past the 90 day mark, renters and landlords will split the cost of remediation.
Philadelphia is one of the only major U.S. cities that doesn’t currently use city law to guard against the critters. The city has been called the most bedbug-infested city in America.
