PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A new class action lawsuit claims the landlord of a West Mount Airy apartment complex illegally collected rent without making safety improvements that were mandated by the city.
In August, the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections deemed the 144-unit Upsal Garden apartment complex an inhabitable, “unsafe structure” due to a deteriorated foundation and fractured exterior walls and interior floors.
The property owners — Real Properties Management, registered owner Alan Lieberman, and record owner 246 Associates — were ordered to obtain a make-safe permit within 30 days and begin renovations under the guidance of a structural engineer…