Philadelphia's landlord-tenant office to resume evictions after 3 shootings, 2 lawsuits

One lawsuit called for trained law enforcement officers to handle evictions.
Friday, August 18, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia's landlord-tenant office is set to resume evictions starting on Monday, following a string of incidents and lawsuits.

Officials say they have new protocols for court-ordered evictions, which they are contracted to complete.
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That includes all of them being conducted by teams of two contracted landlord-tenant officers.

They will be required to stop if their personal safety is at risk.

This comes after three shootings involving the office this year, which resulted in two lawsuits.
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One lawsuit called for trained law enforcement officers to handle evictions.

Evictions have been paused since July.
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