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This enacted law expands eligibility for Philadelphia’s real-property tax exemption for longtime owner-occupants. A property can qualify even if it previously received certain tax abatements when the owner received help acquiring it through a government or nonprofit subsidized low- or moderate-income housing program; it also applies to applications filed under the deadline exception in Bill No. 140278.

Amending Chapter 19-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Tax Exemptions for Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties," by amending the eligibility requirements to make eligible properties owned by certain individuals who received assistance in the acquisition of the property as part of a government or nonprofit housing program, all under certain terms and conditions.