Philly may have just revolutionized evictions

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Laron Campbell, Community Legal Services client, hugs Philadelphia City Councilmember Helen Gym after a Committee on Law & Government meeting at City Hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. The committee voted in favor of Gym's bill that would provide free legal counsel to tenants facing eviction.Laron Campbell, Community Legal Services client, hugs Philadelphia City Councilmember Helen Gym after a Committee on Law & Government meeting at City Hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. The committee voted in favor of Gym’s bill that would provide free legal counsel to tenants facing eviction. MONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer

by The Editorial Board

In the aftermath of 2008, Philadelphia emerged as a model of mortgage foreclosure prevention. Now it is leading the way on eviction prevention.

Philadelphia is on the verge of upending evictions as we know them.

Last Wednesday, the Municipal Court of Philadelphia, which houseslandlord-tenant court, released a new order following the extension of the CDC’s nationwide eviction moratorium through June. For the next 45 days, landlords are required to apply to PHLRentAssist, the city’s rental assistance program, and enroll in the Eviction Diversion Program before filing an eviction for nonpayment.

The order is a game changer.

» READ MORE: Eviction filings are at a historic low. Philly has 90 days to keep it that way. | Editorial

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