RIOJAS v. BD. OF LICENSES AND INSPECT. REV.

No. 1083 C.D. 1975.

26 Pa.Commw. 625 (1976)

Emilio Riojas, Appellant v. Board of Licenses and Inspections Review of the City of Philadelphia, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

October 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Clattenberg, Jr., for appellant.

Howland W. Abramson, Assistant City Solicitor, with him James M. Penny, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, and Sheldon L. Albert, City Solicitor, for appellee.

Stephen P. Ulan, for amicus curiae, Northwest Tenants Organization, Inc.

Argued October 4, 1976, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR. and WILKINSON, JR., sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, October 21, 1976:

On March 30, 1970, a building in which appellant was a tenant was declared unfit1 by the Department of Licenses and Inspections of the City of Philadelphia (Department). In November of 1970 the unfit certification was lifted and the landlord immediately attempted to raise the rent. Appellant appealed the increase to the Philadelphia Fair Housing Commission, at which time the premises was reinspected...

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