by BDornish | Jun 10, 2017 | All, Landlord-Tenant, News
By: Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire The last few months have seen several important developments in rental registration litigation in Pennsylvania. The most recent development was a series of Commonwealth Court decisions on May 17th, which will have a significant impact...
by sparqdesigns | May 6, 2016 | All, Landlord-Tenant, News
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. For many years I have used criminal records histories to screen applicants for my own rental properties, and taught others how to search online for PA criminal records histories of their own rental applicants. I have done this without...
by sparqdesigns | Nov 25, 2015 | All, Landlord-Tenant, News
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire In November of 2014, the Pittsburgh City Council had a public hearing on Ordinance 2014-1020, the Residential Rental Housing Registration Ordinance which would impose on each residential rental unit in the city a $65.00 per year...
by sparqdesigns | Sep 8, 2015 | All, Landlord-Tenant, News
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire After over a year of hard work finding the right language, a committed sponsor in the legislature, and the right timing to move forward, we had in HB 809 sponsored by Representative Sue Helm a vehicle we believed would protect students...
by aroppo | Jan 2, 2015 | All, Landlord-Tenant, Real Estate Practice
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esq. Since the passage of Act 129 in the summer of 2012, landlords in Pennsylvania have had far more direction from PA law on how to handle personal property left behind by tenants who have vacated their rental units than was ever previously...
by aroppo | Jan 13, 2013 | All, Landlord-Tenant, Real Estate Practice
By Bradley S. Dornish, Esquire For years, I have been showing landlords how to search the Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System web portal for free and detailed information about potential tenants’ criminal records, traffic citations and more. The one glaring absence...
