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You may be able to legally move out before the lease term ends in the following situations. You Are Starting Active Military Duty. ... The Rental Unit Is Unsafe or Violates Pennsylvania Health or Safety Codes. ... Your Landlord Harasses You or Violates Your Privacy Rights.

Ing to Pennsylvania's implied warranty of habitability statutes, here are some serious problems with a unit that may cause a tenant to withhold all or part of the rent: No working sewage system. Unsafe stairs, handrails, doors, and porches. Unable to lock the rental apartment securely.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ensured that tenants have the right to a decent place to live. This guarantee to decent rental housing is called the Implied Warranty of Habitability. Landlords must remedy serious defects affecting the safety or the ability to live in the rental unit.

Verbally or Physically Threatening a Tenant It should go without saying, but a landlord cannot threaten tenants. Verbal threats, threats of physical violence, or actual physical contact are all examples of landlord harassment.

Tenants in Pennsylvania must give their landlord written notice if they want to end their lease agreement for any reason. Here's an overview of the periods they should consider: Monthly Leases - 15 days of notice. Leases That Last a Year or Less - 15 days of notice.

Under the right to a safe and habitable home, a landlord cannot force a tenant to move into a home or unit ?as-is? and cannot demand that the tenant be responsible for repairs. To be safe, and habitable, a unit or home should have: Working smoke alarms. Working hot water.