Pittsburgh rental permit question, and other things

[Rae Mac]

Hey yinz,

I'm a Pittsburgh native house hacking in the city limits. I have one duplex, it's my first one, and I'm trying my best to wade through the laws. I have a valid occupancy permit, and I've been researching other laws I should be paying attention to. I found lots of ordinance related info about the Residential Housing Rental Permit Program (referenced here: https://library.municode.com/p...)

The latest news I could find about it was this:

https://www.wesa.fm/post/landl...

So, I have three questions:

1. Does anybody know if there has been any update on this? Is this still something we should be worried about being put into effect?

2. Besides the occupancy permit - is there any other permits I should be worried about right now?

3. Are there rent control laws within city limits that you know of?

Thanks!

[Miranda Micire]

Hi! I actually work for the city and I am a real estate investor. The rental registration legislation has been taken to court, so its not in effect at this point in time. If it does pass, you will have to a pay attention to what it would entail but it will definitely be talked about a lot in the news, etc. so I am sure you'll get info then. I don't see it happening for a while, especially since it would mean needing way more inspectors and the city is in a deficit due to COVID. No to the second. No to the third except for an inclusionary zoning overlay in Lawrenceville that requires new developments (apartments) to have a certain # of affordable units, which doesn't sound like it applies.