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This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Property Maintenance Code to define “foreclosed vacant residential property” as a vacant home connected to specified stages of a mortgage foreclosure, including default, a filed foreclosure notice, an ongoing foreclosure case, or transfer to the lender. It also clarifies that, for these properties, owners include lenders, mortgage servicers, and others responsible for maintaining or operating the property; the property no longer qualifies as foreclosed vacant residential property when a person lawfully occupies it as a residence.

Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code), Subcode PM (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by providing for definitions and amending requirements applicable to foreclosed residential premises, all under certain terms and conditions.