DePAUL v. Kauffman

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This Court is urged by this appeal to hold unconstitutional the Pennsylvania Rent Withholding Act, Act of January 21, 1966, P. L. (1965) 1531, §1, as amended, 35 P.S. §1700-1 (Supp. 1970). We are unpersuaded and hold that Act to be a valid exercise of the Commonwealth’s police power.

*389According to the terms of tbe Bent Withholding Act,1 if a city certifies a dwelling as “unfit for human habitation”, the tenant’s rental obligation is suspended until the dwelling is re-certified as “fit” or until the tenancy is terminated for a reason other than the nonpayment of…