10/19/2020
Dear Rental Property Owner:
As of October 1, 2020, L&I’s eCLIPSE system will “ping” the Philadelphia Department of Public Health before issuing new or renewed rental licenses to landlords in eleven zip codes. A new or renewed rental license will be issued to a landlord in those zip codes only if the landlord has submitted a lead certificate to the Health Department’s certification database.
The eleven zip codes are 19121, 19131, 19132, 19133, 19138, 19139, 19140, 19141, 19143, 19144, and 19151.
This procedure will be phased in for rental properties in the remaining zip codes over the next two years. Until then, landlords in the remaining zip codes must follow current law, which requires them to obtain a lead certificate only if they rent to children under six years of age. (Note: No lead certificate is required for properties built after 1978).
