宾夕法尼亚州费城县费城市西橡树巷71户公寓租户获集体诉讼和解：房东免除约6.7万美元欠租并退还7.5万美元
位于宾夕法尼亚州费城县费城市西橡树巷（West Oak Lane）的本特利庄园（Bentley Manor）公寓租户近日达成集体诉讼和解。房东奥丁地产（Odin Properties）将免除约6.7万美元欠租及滞纳金，并向68名租户总计退还7.5万美元。
诉讼由公益法律中心（Public Interest Law Center）与豪斯费尔德（Hausfeld）律所于2025年3月提起。起因是费城市执照与检查局2024年11月认定这栋71户公寓楼存在安全隐患，包括屋顶砖块松动缺失与女儿墙倾斜，构成对健康与安全的直接危险。
费城一名法官本周早些时候批准了和解。报道称，这是费城租赁执照与证书法下集体诉讼已知的最大单户获赔。退款将按2024年12月14日至2025年4月28日期间各租户实际支付租金的比例分配。奥丁地产通过关联公司在费城拥有并管理约2000套住房，目前已与位于72大道1410号的这栋楼无关。
来源：GSM·美国
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: West Oak Lane Tenants of 71-Unit Building Win Class-Action Settlement; Landlord Forgives About $67,000 in Back Rent and Refunds $75,000
Tenants of the Bentley Manor apartments in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, have reached a class-action settlement under which landlord Odin Properties will forgive about $67,000 in unpaid rent and late fees and refund a total of $75,000 to 68 renters.
The lawsuit was filed in March 2025 by the Public Interest Law Center and the Hausfeld law firm. It followed a November 2024 determination by the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections that the 71-unit building was unsafe, citing loose and missing bricks and a leaning parapet on the roof that presented an immediate danger to health and safety.
A Philadelphia judge approved the settlement earlier this week. The deal is reported to be the largest known per-tenant award in a class-action lawsuit under Philadelphia's rental license and certificate law. Refunds will be allocated according to each tenant's share of rent paid between December 14, 2024, and April 28, 2025. Odin Properties, which owns and manages roughly 2,000 housing units in Philadelphia through affiliates, is no longer connected to the building at 1410 72nd Avenue.
Source: GSM News
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：费城西橡树巷社区 / West Oak Lane, Philadelphia
