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Evict inherited tenant in Philadelphia

Jennifer T.
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I just bought a house a month ago and inherited a tenant. She’s decided to not pay her rent and has been unresponsive to me. I’m located in Philadelphia and I realize that the laws here are not landlord friendly. A couple of things to note:

1. It’s taking longer than normal to get the rental license because of COVID so I’m at the mercy of the city. 
2. Her lease is up in a couple of weeks. It was originally a yearly lease but it’s from 2019 and renewed for one year in 2020

3. The house was purchased with a owner occupied loan

My original plan was to just go through with the eviction because of nonpayment. But I see that Philadelphia has an eviction prevention program due to COVID. So far I’ve only issued a pay or quit notice. The 10 days expired 3 days ago and still nothing. My new idea is to just issue notice that her lease will not be getting renewed and to use the fact that I need to live in one of the units as the good cause reason. Any one have any insight on this?

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