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A lapsed rental license can cost you the rent. Check yours in 30 seconds.

See what the City has on file for your license, violations, unsafe-building designations, and lead certificate. Free, no account. We email you a copy of the result. Want a warning before your license expires? Compliance Watch emails you.

About 30 seconds · No account · We email you a copy

Founding pricing (40% off) ends Nov 1.

Renting in Philly? See what your landlord's records say

The Compliance Watch guarantee: 30-day full refund, any reason. And if a license on your watch list expires without a reminder from us, your next year is free.

Built by Morgan Page, a licensed Pennsylvania real estate agent who has overseen leasing for thousands of Philadelphia units and dozens of Landlord-Tenant Court cases.

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Founding pricing (40% off) ends Nov 1.

How it works

See a sample reportSee how each item is labeled

  1. Check

    Free Property Check · free

    Type in your address and see what the City has on file.

    The free check shows these four City records for any Philadelphia address, with the time we read them.

    The sample result above shows those four rows for the demo property, each with the City system it came from.

  2. Resolve

    Compliance Watch

    If something needs fixing, we show you what to do and where to do it.

    Each item that deserves attention comes with the record behind it, why it matters, what to have ready and a direct link to the right City system. You file with the City; we show you what the filing takes.

    Resolve · sample finding

    Demo property

    Rental license

    What we found
    The mock City record shows an active rental license expiring March 31, 2027.
    Why it matters
    Without an active rental license, you can lose the ability to collect rent or file an eviction until it's fixed.
    What to do next
    Renew through eCLIPSE before the property-specific expiration date.
    Source and date
    L&I rental-license record
    Sample data: no live lookup performed
    Rule last reviewed August 15, 2026.

  3. Monitor

    Compliance Watch

    We check the City's records on a daily schedule and email you when something changes.

    Compliance Watch re-reads supported City records on a daily schedule, emails you when one changes, reminds you before a license expires, and keeps a dated record of the license, CRS and violation history to bring to your attorney before a filing. The City's published CRS records can run weeks behind, so each CRS fact shows the day the City last updated them.

    Monitor · sample subject lines

    No email was sent

    • About 30 days: the rental license at the demo property expires March 31, 2027
    • A new L&I violation at the demo property
    • Start with your to-do "Renew the rental license": October check-in for the demo property

    …and a dated evidence file (PDF) to bring to your attorney before a filing.

Plans by property count

Founding customers get 40% off the first year and 20% off renewals while founding seats remain, through November 1, 2026.

  • Free Property Check

    One property at a timeFree

  • Solo

    1–3 propertiesFounding price: $59.40 first yearList price $99 / yearLess than $9 a month. One month of uncollected rent costs far more.

  • Portfolio

    4–25 propertiesFounding price: $299.40 first yearList price $499 / year

  • Manager

    26–100 propertiesFounding price: $899.40 first year, or $89.40 / monthList price $1,499 / year or $149 / month

  • Manager+

    101+ propertiesFounding price: $899.40 + $6 per property above 100, first yearList price $1,499 + $10 per property above 100 / year

30-day full refund, any reason. And if a license on your watch list expires without a reminder from us, your next year is free.

How the guarantee works, in our Terms

Plus the owner toolkit: fill-in templates, checklists and step-by-step filings for every item we flag.

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Founding pricing (40% off) ends Nov 1.

For one rental or an entire portfolio.

One to three rentals

  • Check one address free: about 30 seconds, no account, a copy by email
  • Solo covers up to 3 properties for $99 / year (founding price: $59.40 first year)
  • Up to three email reminders, around 60, 30 and 7 days before a license on City records expires
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Four or more, or rentals you manage for owners

  • Paste a list of addresses; each is matched to its City property record before it is saved
  • With an account, search City ownership records by owner or LLC
  • One checkout for every property; Portfolio covers 4–25 for $499 / year (founding price: $299.40 first year)
  • Your dashboard lists overdue and Action needed properties first; export the list as a CSV
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After November 1, paperwork gaps can get expensive

November 1, 2026

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The Safe Healthy Homes Act is scheduled to take effect November 1, 2026 unless a court says otherwise.

  • An unsafe, unfit or imminently dangerous violation not corrected within 30 days of the notice (or sooner, if L&I says so) counts as Certificate of Rental Suitability noncompliance, unless you appealed in time. A broader version of this rule is already law.
  • To file an eviction or rent-collection case, you attach your rental license, your lead certificate (or proof the property isn't covered by the lead law), each required Certificate of Rental Suitability, and every code violation issued during the tenancy. The license and the lead paperwork are already required today.
  • New and renewed rental licenses depend on L&I findings about the property, so open violations can block a renewal.

As enacted, an owner is not eligible for a new or renewed rental license unless L&I makes the findings in §9-3901(2)(b).

Failing to correct an unsafe, unfit or imminently dangerous violation within 30 days of receiving the notice (or sooner if L&I says so) counts as Certificate of Rental Suitability noncompliance unless the notice was appealed in time; if the violation is affirmed on appeal, noncompliance runs from the cure date on the notice. A broader version of that rule is already law.

The CRS at the start of each tenancy stays. The Act adds one when an eviction is filed, issued no more than 30 days before what the ordinance calls “the date of enrollment,” a phrase it does not define.

In an eviction or rent-collection action the owner attaches the rental license and either the lead certificate or documentation that the property is not Targeted Housing (both already required today, §9-3901(4)(e) and §6-809(4)), plus each CRS required by §9-3903 and each code violation issued during the tenancy.

Compliance Watch keeps a dated record of those City facts for each property. The City's published CRS records can run weeks behind, so keep your own copy of each certificate. Status last verified October 11, 2026.

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Independent service using public City records. We are not the City or a law firm and do not provide legal advice or a legal-compliance certification. How we verify what we show