2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 15 - Service and Facilities
1531 - Retaliation by landlord prohibited.

     § 1531.  Retaliation by landlord prohibited.
        (a)  General rule.--It is unlawful for any landlord ratepayer
     or agent or employee thereof to threaten or take reprisals
     against a tenant because the tenant exercised his rights under
     section 1527 (relating to right of tenants to continued service)
     or section 1529 (relating to right of tenant to recover
     payments).
        (b)  Liability of landlord for damages.--Any landlord
     ratepayer or agent or employee thereof who threatens or takes
     such reprisals against any tenant shall be liable for damages
     which shall be two months rent or the actual damages sustained
     by the tenant, whichever is greater, and the costs of suit and
     reasonable attorneys' fees.
        (c)  Presumption of retaliation.--The receipt of any notice
     of termination of tenancy, an increase in rent or of any
     substantial alteration in the terms of tenancy within six months
     after the tenant has acted pursuant to section 1527 or 1529 to
     avoid termination of utility service shall create a rebuttable
     presumption that the notice is a reprisal against the tenant for
     exercising his rights under section 1527 or 1529. However, the
     presumption shall not arise if the notice of termination of
     tenancy is for nonpayment of rent not withheld under section
     1529 or lawfully withheld under any other right that the tenant
     may have by law.
     (July 2, 1993, P.L.379, No.54, eff. 60 days)

        1993 Amendment.  Act 54 amended subsec. (c).
        Cross References.  Section 1531 is referred to in sections
     1523, 1525 of this title.