Showing ordinances that apply to Village Shires, PA
Village Shires is an unincorporated community (population 3,946) in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Because Village Shires is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Bucks County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The rent control rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Bucks County has no rent control. Pennsylvania has no statewide rent control statute and no Bucks municipality imposes rent caps. Market rates apply throughout the county.
Pennsylvania does not authorize rent control at the state or local level, and no Bucks County municipality has adopted rent stabilization. Landlords in Bensalem, Levittown, Doylestown, Newtown, Warminster, and throughout the county may raise rent by any amount on lease renewal or with proper notice on month-to-month tenancies. Under the PA Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 (68 P.S. §250.101 et seq.), month-to-month tenancies require 15 days written notice to terminate or change terms (unless the lease specifies a longer period). Tenants retain rights to habitable premises, proper security deposit handling (capped at two months rent in year one, one month thereafter), and protection from retaliation under 68 P.S. §399.11.
Rent increases without proper 15-day notice on month-to-month tenancies: tenant may challenge in magisterial district court. Retaliatory rent increases after a code complaint: prohibited under 68 P.S. §250.205. No municipal rent control enforcement exists.
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