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Philadelphia lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at reducing the time it takes to resolve landlord-tenant disputes heard by the city’s Fair Housing Commission.
The bill would raise the stipend paid to commissioners for each hearing from $85 to $100, and increase the annual cap on those payments from $8,500 to $14,000. Backers say the bill is needed because the commission’s workload is expected to increase again in the new fiscal year, starting July 1…