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The enacted ordinance regulates how Philadelphia landlords and rental agents screen people applying for housing. It prohibits automatic denials based only on an eviction record or a credit or tenant-screening score below a set number, requires individualized review using uniform criteria, and gives applicants a chance to dispute or explain a denial; some publicly assisted housing is exempt.

Amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Landlord and Tenant," by adding a new Section 9-810, entitled "Prospective Tenant Screening Practices," to regulate the application and selection process for housing units, and make technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.