REPORT A HOUSING CODE VIOLATION AND GET ASSISTANCE?
The tenant should report all housing code violations to his/her local government code enforcement agency and request that an inspection be made. All local government units in Pennsylvania are authorized under appropriate legislation to enact and enforce Housing Codes. (The Borough Code, Section 1207, Para. 26 provides for the enactment and enforcement of ordinances relating to the Buildings and Housing). In the City of Harrisburg when a tenant or landlord suspects any housing code violations, s/he should call the Housing Code Office in City Hall (255-6552). the Housing Code Office will set a date and a time to inspect the house or apartment. The inspector will look for any and all Housing Code violations that exist in the house or apartment. The purpose of the inspection is to review the complaint made to the Housing Code Office. The tenant should go through the whole house or apartment with the inspector and point out any problems that exist in the house, no matter how little the prob
