What specific verbiage or riders are required for a lease renewal in Pennsylvania?
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This is from Pittsburgh, but you can use this as a model lease agreement: https://hacp.org/app/uploads/2019/02/Model_Lease_Agreement_-_HCV.pdf
I also don't see any additional riders that you need for your lease.
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Hi Pearl, I'm attempting to create a lease renewal for my home in 18058. I want to make sure I have all necessary and permitted verbiage. Additionally, I want to know if I need to include specific riders required by the state or county. Can you help me with that?
I understand the importance of having a comprehensive lease renewal. Have you reviewed your current lease agreement to see if there are any specific clauses or terms you would like to carry over to the renewal?
To my understanding the initial lease is still binding from renewal to renewal in NYS. Is that not the case in Pennsylvania?
Are there any particular concerns or changes you would like to address in the new lease renewal for your home in 18058?
Just that the tenant is paying for heat which runs through the house by electricity. Additionally, I would like to increase the rent.
Is there anything else the Lawyer should know before I connect you? Rest assured they'll be able to help with your lease renewal.
No, that is all. Thank you.
Welcome and thank you for using AskaLawyer. My name is Liz and I'm the attorney who will be assisting with your legal question.
So I can best help, did the lease say it automatically renews?
Hello Liz, I used a template I found online and have not signed a renewal with my tenant since. I now would like to increase the fair market rent to submit it to Section 8. Here is the initial lease attached.
It does not say that it automatically renews, so I'll need to offer this renewal to increase the rent and I know I'll need to stay on top of this going forward.
Have they been Section 8 this entire time?
Yes. Section 8 has continued to pay without a renewal.
Huh, usually they demand it. How much notice would you give?
60 days notice for a 1 year lease.
Seeking advice from others, I heard Section 8 requests renewals but oddly in my case they have not. Unless the tenant has done so without my knowledge, which I hope is not the case here.
Perfect, one thing to note—your lease says there is no holdover. So they’ve been without a lease now for a few years.
When the tenant re-certifies annually or submits an interim change, I receive a new rent breakdown.
Does your tenant have a caseworker?
Not that I'm aware of. I never had to communicate with an assigned caseworker.
Usually that's who you'd send the new lease to every year, so I admit, it's a bit strange. There aren't set terms you have to have, unless you want to include a rent increase for rentals.
I created this online. I want to know if this is sufficient and if additional riders are needed to complete a lease renewal for Pennsylvania.
Normally, you would send an entirely new lease as it expired years ago. You can't really renew something that has expired a few years ago.
I see you said "normally"—are you saying in my case I can still do a renewal?
You can reuse the lease you created before, to create the new one, and keep the terms, but it's not a traditional renewal.
Got it! Are you able to confirm if there are any new or required riders for the state of PA?
This is from Pittsburgh, but you can use this as a model lease agreement: https://hacp.org/app/uploads/2019/02/Model_Lease_Agreement_-_HCV.pdf
I also don't see any additional riders that you need for your lease.
Thank you.
Of course! Is there anything else I can assist with or clarify?
Thanks for checking. This is all I need.
You're very welcome.
