An update to Allegheny County’s health code will financially penalize landlords whose tenants must be temporarily rehoused in an emergency due to poor housing conditions, such as a lack of heat in the winter.
County Executive Sara Innamorato signed the bill during a ceremony in West Mifflin Thursday afternoon.
“We are taking an important step in protecting residents, and making sure every person in Allegheny County has a safe place to call home,” Innamorato said, speaking at the borough administration building on Lebanon Road. “We’ve seen too many instances where tenants have been forced out of their homes because of unsafe conditions.”…