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What is PGWs Landlord Cooperation Program (LCP)?

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What is PGWs Landlord Cooperation Program (LCP)?

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Landlords can be held liable for tenants’ unpaid gas bills. To help protect owners against the placement of liens on their rental properties for unpaid tenant gas bills, the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors, the Homeowners Association of Philadelphia, Bob Elfant (Elfant Wissahickon Realtors), Mark Seidman,Greg Damis (2006 President, Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors), Paul Cohen (Cohen & Wilwerth)and Philadelphia Gas Works set up the Landlord Cooperation Program in 2006. Owners can visit PGW’s LCP siteto register for the program. Once owners are registered and remain in a cooperative status, their residential rental property will not be liened during the term of the LCP. If owners are not registered, they can be liened for unpaid gas bills beginning Sept. 1, 2009. (UPDATE: April 2010)… Various organizations are monitoring LCP registered properties and the L&I landlord database to make sure everyone is in compliance with the terms and conditions of LCP. If a lan