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Odin Properties, one of Philadelphia’s largest landlords, faces a class-action lawsuit over allegations the company illegally collected rent at Bentley Manor, a 71-unit apartment building largely home to working-class residents.
The suit, filed last week in Common Pleas Court, alleges that Odin demanded and collected rent from its tenants for months despite the West Oak Lane property being designated an “unsafe structure” by the city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections. The dangerous conditions included “loose and missing bricks” and a “leaning parapet” on the roof…